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Ultraviolet- and Plasma-Enhanced Self-Assembled Growth and SPM Characterization of Pd Oxide Nanotips

Publication Type

Journal Article

Authors

Maximov, G.A., O.N. Gorshkov, V.V. Novikov, A.S. Strahkov, D.O. Filatov, S.Yu. Zubkov, D.E. Nikolichev, S. Aggarwal, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, E. Williams

Abstract

The results on the effect of ultraviolet radiation and of the high-frequency plasma discharge on self-assembled formation of the palladium oxide cone-shaped surface nanostructures during thermal oxidation in the oxygen ambient are presented. While for the thermal oxidation growth of the PdO tips takes place at oxidation temperatures T > 750°C only, in the presence of both UV and plasma discharge tip formation has been observed at lower temperatures (450-500°C). Reduction of the tip growth temperature by UV or plasma activation is favorable for proposed technological application of the PdO nanostructures as field emitters in vacuum microelectronics and in the field emitter displays.

Journal

Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures

Volume

2001

Year of Publication

2001

ISSN

02043467

Notes

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Research Areas

Ramesh Lab