Directed Deposition of Nickel Nanoparticles Using Self-Assembled Organic Template

Figure 9

STM image of Ni-nanoparticles at two different places on ordered octadecanoic acid array ((a1) 45 nm × 45 nm, (a2) 29 nm × 29 nm/ = 0.5 nA, = 900 mV/; (b1) 45 nm × 45 nm, (b2) 33.5 nm × 33.5 nm/ = 0.5 nA, = 900 mV/).