GaN nanowire coated with atomic layer deposition of tungsten: a probe for near-field scanning microwave microscopy

Nanotechnology. 2014 Oct 17;25(41):415502. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/41/415502. Epub 2014 Sep 26.

Abstract

GaN nanowires were coated with tungsten by means of atomic layer deposition. These structures were then adapted as probe tips for near-field scanning microwave microscopy. These probes displayed a capacitive resolution of ~0.03 fF, which surpasses that of a commercial Pt tip. Upon imaging of MoS₂ sheets with both the Pt and GaN nanowire tips, we found that the nanowire tips were comparatively immune to surface contamination and far more durable than their Pt counterparts.