Tailoring Au Films at the Atomic Scale with an Electron Beam Tweezer
A thin, clean pristine Au film created in a transmission electron microscope chamber was tailored by an electron beam. Various kinds of nanopatterns, including hexagonal holes and dumbbell-like patterns, were fabricated by different doses of the electron beam. A high-quality series
of in situ images were recorded to explore the irradiation mechanism. The electron-matter collision enabled the electron beam to act as a tweezer to arrange atoms into a specified pattern.
Keywords: Atomic Scale Tailor; Cs TEM; Single Crystal Au; in situ
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: Institute of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
Publication date: 01 December 2020
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