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Transparent and conductive Sb-doped tin oxide SPM tips prepared by sol-gel method

Tatte, T ; Avarmaa, T ; Lohmus, R ; Maeorg, U ; Pistol, Mats-Erik LU ; Raid, R ; Sildos, I and Lohmus, A (2002) In Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications 19(1-2). p.101-104
Abstract
The rapid progress in scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques in the last decade has induced an increasing need for manufacturing advanced SPM tips. One important case is conductive and transparent tips. For such tips, only a few techniques have been proposed. which are either expensive or have poor reproducibility. We here propose a simple and cheap sol-gel technique to prepare fibers with a suitably sharp apex so that they can be used as SPM tips. The fibers were spinned off from a high-viscosity solution of tin alkoxide and SbCl3 hydrolysed in hurnid air and baked at 520 degreesC for several hours. The radii of the resulting tips were estimated by transmission electron microscopy to be less than 50 am. The resistivity of the... (More)
The rapid progress in scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques in the last decade has induced an increasing need for manufacturing advanced SPM tips. One important case is conductive and transparent tips. For such tips, only a few techniques have been proposed. which are either expensive or have poor reproducibility. We here propose a simple and cheap sol-gel technique to prepare fibers with a suitably sharp apex so that they can be used as SPM tips. The fibers were spinned off from a high-viscosity solution of tin alkoxide and SbCl3 hydrolysed in hurnid air and baked at 520 degreesC for several hours. The radii of the resulting tips were estimated by transmission electron microscopy to be less than 50 am. The resistivity of the transparent fibers was measured using different Sb-doping (0.5-1 wt.%) of the tin oxide, The temperature dependence of the conductivity and light absorption were investigated down to liquid He temperatures. (Less)
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thermal degradation, sol-gel method, STM-SNOM tips, tin oxide fiber
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Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications
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19
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1-2
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101 - 104
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Elsevier
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0928-4931
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10.1016/S0928-4931(01)00450-7
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English
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  author       = {{Tatte, T and Avarmaa, T and Lohmus, R and Maeorg, U and Pistol, Mats-Erik and Raid, R and Sildos, I and Lohmus, A}},
  issn         = {{0928-4931}},
  keywords     = {{thermal degradation; sol-gel method; STM-SNOM tips; tin oxide fiber}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1-2}},
  pages        = {{101--104}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications}},
  title        = {{Transparent and conductive Sb-doped tin oxide SPM tips prepared by sol-gel method}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0928-4931(01)00450-7}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0928-4931(01)00450-7}},
  volume       = {{19}},
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