Pattern generation for direct-write three-dimensional nanoscale structures via focused electron beam induced deposition

• Lukas Keller and
• Michael Huth

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2581–2598, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.240

• the chosen process parameters, a wide range of different materials can be obtained. On the one hand, polycrystalline metals can be realized, mainly of ferromagnetic type like Fe, Co or Fe–Co alloys [12][13] or noble metals, such as Pt, Au and Ag [14][15][16]. On the other hand, granular metals [17

• ] but also various oxides and carbides in either amorphous or polycrystalline form [18][19] are accessible. By employing additional postdeposition treatments the metal volume content of some otherwise granular metals can be increased to virtually 100% [20][21][22]. Despite the apparent simplicity of the

Tunable magnetism on the lateral mesoscale by post-processing of Co/Pt heterostructures

• Oleksandr V. Dobrovolskiy,
• Maksym Kompaniiets,
• Roland Sachser,
• Fabrizio Porrati,
• Christian Gspan,
• Harald Plank and
• Michael Huth

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1082–1090, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.109

• precursors, do not dissociate into the respective pure materials, unless FEBID of Co is done at elevated substrate temperatures [25]. By contrast, when decomposed in the focus of the electron beam into volatile components and the permanent deposit on the processed surface, these form granular metals, whose

Experimental techniques for the characterization of carbon nanoparticles – a brief overview

• Wojciech Kempiński,
• Szymon Łoś,
• Mateusz Kempiński and
• Damian Markowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1760–1766, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.186

• limited tunneling conduction (CELTC) [4][5][6]. The latter model was also used by other researchers to describe disordered carbons [7]. Both models originate from the well-explored system of granular metals in which potential barriers are created with different dielectric separators [8]. The possibility

• as a quantum dots matrix [35][44]. In such a matrix, where CNs are structurally connected by some mechanical linkages (carbon chains or graphene fragments [34]), there exists a system of potential barriers, similar to the those formed by a dielectric separator in granular metals. The barriers depend

Focused electron beam induced deposition: A perspective

• Michael Huth,
• Fabrizio Porrati,
• Christian Schwalb,
• Marcel Winhold,
• Roland Sachser,
• Maja Dukic,
• Jonathan Adams and
• Georg Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 597–619, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.70

• the field of focused electron beam induced deposition. Keywords: atomic force microscopy; binary systems; electron beam induced deposition; granular metals; micro Hall magnetometry; radiation-induced nanostructures; strain sensing; Review Introduction Focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID

• group of topics covering the importance of granular metals obtained from FEBID for basic research in correlation physics, as well as the potential for application of these granular metals in magnetic and strain sensing. Furthermore, the extensibility of FEBID to the preparation of binary metals is

• theory is not applicable since disorder does not simply cause scattering but must be included in the theoretical analysis from the beginning. A recent theoretical review on the electronic transport properties of granular metals can be found in [12]. The electrical transport within the metallic grains can