Surface Electronic Properties of Fe Nanoparticles on c(2×2)-N/Cu(001)

• Authors: M. Getzlaff , M. Bode , R. Wiesendanger
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We prepared nanoscaled particles consisting of ferromagnetic material on a nanostructured template. This nanolithographic procedure allows to fabricate high-density magnetic nanodots in a highly ordered way. For this purpose, Fe particles were grown on the c(2×2)-N/Cu(001) surface which exhibits a checkerboard-like structure. Scanning tunneling spectroscopic measurements demonstrate that the electronic properties of the areas with deposited material are identical to clean copper. Fe nanoparticles on the reconstructed patches show a significantly different electronic behavior. These observations directly hint to a covering of iron with copper on the clean surface.

Keywords

EN

68.37.Ef; 68.55.Ac; 68.65.-k; 73.22.Dj; 81.15.Kk

Discipline

• 73.22.Dj: Single particle states
• 68.65.-k: Low-dimensional, mesoscopic, nanoscale and other related systems: structure and nonelectronic properties(for structure of nanoscale materials, see 61.46.-w; for magnetic properties of interfaces, see 75.70.Cn; for superconducting properties, see 74.78.-w; for optical properties, see 78.67.-n; for transport properties, see 73.63.-b; for thermal properties of nanocrystals and nanotubes, see 65.80.-g; for mechanical properties of nanoscale systems, see 62.25.-g)
• 68.37.Ef: Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)
• 81.15.Kk: Vapor phase epitaxy; growth from vapor phase

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2003
• Volume: 104
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 327-335

Dates

published

2003-09/10

received

2003-07-16

Contributors

author

M. Getzlaff

• Institute of Applied Physics, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

author

M. Bode

• Institute of Applied Physics and Microstructure Research Center, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany

author

R. Wiesendanger

• Institute of Applied Physics and Microstructure Research Center, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, 20355 Hamburg, Germany

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.104.327