Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/28/2/025703
Keywords
scanning Kelvin probe microscopy; localized charges; insulating supports
Funding
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO, Spain) FEDER (EU) [FIS2015-67844-R, ENE2013-48816-C5-1-R-C02-01, CSD2010-00024]
- Fundacion Seneca FEDER (EU) [15324/PI/10, 19907/GERM/15]
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In this work, we propose an intuitive and easily implementable approach to model and interpret scanning Kelvin probe microscopy images of insulating samples with localized charges. The method, based on the image charges method, has been validated by a systematic comparison of its predictions with experimental measurements performed on charge domains of different sizes, injected in polymethyl methacrylate discontinuous films. The agreement between predictions and experimental lateral profiles, as well as with spectroscopy tip-sample distance curves, supports its consistency. The proposed procedure allows obtaining quantitative information such as total charge and the size of a charge domain and allows estimating the most adequate measurement parameters.
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