• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.569-574
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• 2001

The crystal structure, surface morphology and preferred orientation of the copper electrodeposit were investigated by the using sulfate bath with $SiO_2$suspensions and the cathode substrate Au sputtered. As by the addition of colloidal silica in copper electrolytic bath and Au pre-coating on substrate, the crystal particles of deposits was fined-down, made uniform and the account of particles were increased. Hardness of copper electrodeposits with colloidal silica increased about 15% in comparison with that of pure copper deposit film and (111), (200) and (311) plane of X-ray diffraction patterns were almost swept away, so preferred orientation of the copper deposits changed from (111) to (110) plane by codeposit $SiO_2$ and precoating the substrate.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.9
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• pp.3139-3141
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.111.1-111.1
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• 2015

As an alternative way to get sophisticated nanostructures, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to directly manipulate building primitives. In particular, assembly of metallic nanoparticles(NPs) can provide various structures for making various metamolecules. As far, conventionally made polygonal shaped metallic NPs showed non-uniform distribution in size and shape which limit its study of fundamental properties and practical applications. In here, we optimized conditions for deterministic manipulation of ultra-smooth and super-spherical gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by AFM. [1] Lowered adhesion force by using platinum-iridium coated AFM tips enabled us to push super-spherical AuNPs in linear motion to pre-programmed position. As a result, uniform and reliable electric/magnetic behaviors of assembled metamolecules were achieved which showed a good agreement with simulation data. Furthermore, visualization of near field for super-spherical AuNPs was also addressed using photosensitive azo-dye polymers. Since the photosensitive azo-dye polymers can directly record the intensity of electric field, optical near field can be mapped without complicated instrumental setup. [2] By controlling embedding depth of AuNPs, we studied electric field of AuNPs in different configuration.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.279-285
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• 2007

We have demonstrated structural evolution and optical properties of the Si-NWs on Si (111) substrates with synthesized nanoscale Au-Si islands by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition(RTCVD). Au nano-islands (10-50nm in diameter) were employed as a liquid-droplet catalysis to grow Si-NWs via vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. Si-NWs were grown by a mixture gas of $SiH_4\;and\;H_2$ at pressures of $0.1{\sim}1.0$Torr and temperatures of $450{\sim}650^{\circ}C$. SEM measurements showed the formation of Si-NWs well-aligned vertically for Si (111) surfaces. The resulting NWs are 30-100nm in diameter and $0.4{\sim}12um$ in length depending on growth conditions. HR-TEM measurements indicated that Si-NWs are single crystals convered with about 3nm thick layers of amorphous oxide. In addition, optical properties of NWs were investigated by micro-Raman spectroscopy. The downshift and asymmetric broadening of the Si optical phonon peak with a shoulder at $480cm^{-1}$ were observed in Raman spectra of Si-NWs.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.94-97
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• 2008

We investigated how the magnetic anisotropy in $[Co(2\;{\AA})/Ni(8\;{\AA})]{\times}N$ multilayers varied with the type and thickness of an underlayer. The magnetic measurements clearly showed that the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy could be developed in the Co/Ni multilayer by adopting an underlayer with [111] texture. The coercivity of the Co/Ni multilayer increased from 99 Oe to 430 Oe as the thickness of an Au underlayer increased from $50\;{\AA}$ to $500\;{\AA}$. The increase in coercivity is ascribed to the development of the stronger [111] texture in the Co/Ni multilayer as an Au underlayer gets thicker.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.213-218
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• 2001

Presented are the STM images of self-assembled monolayer of 2-mercaptoethanol on Au(111). Striped structures of ($6{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$), ($5{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$), ($4{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) and compact-($5{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) were observed after annealing at $80^{\circ}C.$ Analysis of the ordered structures revealed that the basic fundamental units of the ordered structures were three crystallographically non-equivalent ($3_{\frac{1}{2}}{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) $R30^{\circ}$ assemblies, and that the way of combination of the assemblies produced the four different structures. The($6{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) structure ( $\theta$ = 0.33) was composed of one ($3_{\frac{1}{2}}{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$)$R30^{\circ}$ assembly, while the ($5{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) ( $\theta$ = 0.30) and ($4{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) ( $\theta$ = 0.38) structures were consisted of two ($3_{\frac{1}{2}}{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) $R30^{\circ}$ assemblies, separated by 5a and 4a, respectively. Furthermore, the compact-(5X 3½) structure ( $\theta$ = 0.50) was obtained by overlapping three ($3_{\frac{1}{2}}{\times}3_{\frac{1}{2}}$) $R30^{\circ}$ assemblies. In spite of the diversity in the adsorption structures, all the adsorption sites of 2-mercaptoethanol were fundamentally identical. On the other hand, the unannealed primitive SAM of 2-mercaptoethanol was characterized by two observations: a short-range order keeping the adsorbed molecules at approximately $3_{\frac{1}{2}}$ a and the small domains of the striped structures supporting that the observed surface structures on the annealed surface were the extension of the primitive layer of 2-mercaptoethanol. Comparing these observations with the already published structures of ethanthiol, it was concluded that the interaction between the hydroxyl groups of 2-mercaptoethanol might play a significant role in the adsorption step of 2-mercaptoethanol on Au(111) to organize the adsorption structures different from those of ethanthiol.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.4 no.6
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• pp.638-643
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• 1994

The Si(ll1) surface structures induced by deposition of Au atoms were investigated by RHEED system. When Au atoms were deposited on the Si(ll1) $7\times7$ surfade, the dependence of structures and phases on the substrate temperatures and coverages was drastic. For O.1ML to 0.4ML of coverage the $7\times7$ structure changes to $7\times7$ + $5\times2$ structure as temperature increases to $350^{\circ}C$-$750^{\circ}C$. Between 0.4M1 to 1.OML the phase changed to $5 \times 2,\alpha- \sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3},\beta- \sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3}$ structure according to the substrate temperature and coverages. When the coverages exceeds O.SML, the 6 x 6 structure appears at the substrate temperature range between $270^{\circ}C$-$370^{\circ}C$ and compeletely transforms to 6 x6 at 1,OML. The isothermal desorption of Au on Si(ll1) surface investigated by using AES in the $\alpha- \sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3},5 \times 2$ structures shows that the desorption energys of $\alpha- \sqrt{3} \times \sqrt{3}$ and 5 x 2 were 79Kcal/mol and 82 Kcal/mol respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.280-280
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• 2013

Using both experimentaland theoretical methods, we have investigated the structural and electronic properties of self-assembled two-dimensional organic molecule (hexaaza-triphenylene-hexacarbonitrile, HATCN), which is used as an efficient OLED hole injection material, on Au(111) surfaces. Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) measurements revealed that self-assembled linear and hexagonal porous structures are formed at atomic steps and terraces of Au(111), respectively. We also found that the hexagonal porous structure have chirality and forms only small (＜1,000 nm2) phase-separated chiral domains that can easily change their chiral phase in subsequence STM images at 80 K. To explain these observations, we calculated the molecular-molecular and molecule-surface interaction energies by using first-principles density functional theory method. We found that the change of their chiral phase resulted from the competition between the two energies. These results have not only verified our experimental observations, but also revealed the delicate balance between different interactions that caused the self-assembed structures at the surface.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.2445-2448
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• 2007

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were formed by adsorption of thioacetyl-terminated tolanethioacetate (TTA) on Au(111) in a 0.5-mM ethanol solution after one day immersion at room temperature. Molecular-scale STM imaging revealed that the TTA SAMs were composed of two mixed phases; an ordered phase with small domains describing a ( × 2 )R30° structure and a disordered phase. Interestingly, after annealing the precovered TTA SAMs on Au(111) at 90 °C for 1 h, the small ordered domains grew unidirectionally, resulting in the formation of unique rod-like domains, which were assigned a ( × 2 )R7° structure. These results will be very useful in understanding the formation and thermal behavior of TTA SAMs on gold surfaces.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05c
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• pp.120-123
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• 2003

To investigate the characteristics of the single dendrimer molecule, we attempt to measure morphology and electrical properties of the self-assembled dendrimer on Au (111)substrate with SPM(scanning probe microscopy). The same self-assembly procedure was used for two different concentrations, $10{\mu}mol/ml$ and $100{\mu}mol/ml$. The case of lower concentration, we can measure the diameter and the height of the single molecule with the tapping mode AFM image. The imaged single molecules were dome shaped and the average diameter and height were 15.6 nm, 1.2 nm respectively. From these sizes, we can calculate the volume of the single molecule. The volume of the single molecule was estimated about $116nm^3$. However, that of higher concentration, it is difficult to obtain obvious image of the single molecule. To add to, I-V characteristics were investigated using STM, on which the phenomenon of negative differential resistance (NDR)was observed between 0.14 V and 0.24 V reproductively.