Adsorption of the ionic liquid [BMP][TFSA] on Au(111) and Ag(111): substrate effects on the structure formation investigated by STM

• Benedikt Uhl,
• Florian Buchner,
• Dorothea Alwast,
• Nadja Wagner and
• R. Jürgen Behm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 903–918, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.102

• measurements in the temperature range between 90 and 400 K, and standard facilities for surface preparation and surface characterization. The Au(111) and Ag(111) samples were purchased from Mateck GmbH and cleaned by repeated sputtering with Ar+ (0.5 keV, 4 μA, 30 min) and heating to 770 K for 30 min, until

Challenges in realizing ultraflat materials surfaces

• Takashi Yatsui,
• Wataru Nomura,
• Fabrice Stehlin,
• Olivier Soppera,
• Makoto Naruse and
• Motoichi Ohtsu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 875–885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.99

• /or electro-optical performance of devices in a variety of applications. We also described how the surface roughness changes when the proposed technique is used. Further surface characterization is required to verify that DPP etching is effective for optics and electronics. Because it does not require

Macromolecular shape and interactions in layer-by-layer assemblies within cylindrical nanopores

• Thomas D. Lazzara,
• K. H. Aaron Lau,
• Wolfgang Knoll,
• Andreas Janshoff and
• Claudia Steinem

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 475–484, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.54

• of colloidal particles or cylindrical nanoporous membranes, the direct investigation of surface processes occurring within nanosized pores has been hampered by the limited availability of in situ, high-sensitivity, surface characterization techniques to monitor changes occurring inside the porous

Junction formation of Cu₃BiS₃ investigated by Kelvin probe force microscopy and surface photovoltage measurements

• Fredy Mesa,
• William Chamorro,
• William Vallejo,
• Robert Baier,
• Thomas Dittrich,
• Alexander Grimm,
• Martha C. Lux-Steiner and
• Sascha Sadewasser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 277–284, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.31

• from the chemical bath will be deposited. Surface characterization by Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) In order to comparatively characterize the growth and electronic properties of the different buffers, we performed KPFM measurements on the Cu3BiS3 samples with all three buffer layers, and as a

Noncontact atomic force microscopy study of the spinel MgAl₂O₄(111) surface

• Morten K. Rasmussen,
• Kristoffer Meinander,
• Flemming Besenbacher and
• Jeppe V. Lauritsen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 192–197, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.21

• growing interest [1]. However, in many interesting cases the metal oxide is electrically nonconducting, which severely complicates the use of almost all traditional surface-sensitive techniques relying on the scattering or emission of charged particles. As a consequence the basic surface characterization

Hierarchically structured superhydrophobic flowers with low hysteresis of the wild pansy (Viola tricolor) – new design principles for biomimetic materials

• Anna J. Schulte,
• Damian M. Droste,
• Kerstin Koch and
• Wilhelm Barthlott

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 228–236, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.27

• has a static CA of 106°. Surface characterization The surface structures of the biological samples and their replicas were investigated by SEM. Images were recorded using a CAMBRIDGE Stereoscan 200 SEM (Zeiss GmbH, Oberkochen, Germany), a digital image processing system (DISS 5, Version 5.4.17.0

Sensing surface PEGylation with microcantilevers

• Natalija Backmann,
• Natascha Kappeler,
• Thomas Braun,
• François Huber,
• Hans-Peter Lang,
• Christoph Gerber and
• Roderick Y. H. Lim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 3–13, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.2

• microcantilever array sensor technology can be used as an in situ technique with the capability to characterize both qualitative and quantitative processes that occur during and after polymer layer formation. In comparison to other surface characterization tools, conformational changes and kinetic measurements