Iron-platinum-coated carbon nanocone probes on tipless cantilevers for high resolution magnetic force imaging

I. Chen Chen, Li Han Chen, Andrew Gapin, Sungho Jin, Lu Yuan, Sy Hwang Liou

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Abstract

High coercivity iron-platinum-coated carbon nanocones (CNCs) have been fabricated for magnetic force microscopy (MFM) by direct-current plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition growth of nanocones on tipless cantilevers followed by sputtering and annealing of the FePt film. The FePt-coated CNC probe has many localized magnetic stray fields due to the high-aspect-ratio geometry and small radius of the tip. The MFM imaging on magnetic recording media was performed using CNC probes and compared with the imaging by FePt-coated silicon probes. An image with 20 nm lateral resolution has been demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number075501
JournalNanotechnology
Volume19
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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