Atomic resolution imaging of electrode surfaces in solutions containing reversible redox species
Abstract
Procedures are described for insulating metal scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tips with either glass or polymer coatings. In solutions containing 0.10 M of a reversible redox couple, Fe(CN) - 3/-46 , the faradaic limiting current to polymer coated tips was 200–500 pA and that for glass coated tips was <10 pA. For polymer insulated tips, steady-state currents of 10–100 pA were observed at tip-sample displacements less than 0.3 µm. The suppression of faradaic current achieved by these coating procedures enabled the collection of the first atomic resolution STM images of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite electrodes in contact with redox-active electrolytes. Preliminary data for the in situ electrochemical characterization of these tips are also discussed.
Additional Information
© 2006 American Institute of Physics (Received 21 November 1988; accepted 30 January 1989) We thank J. Schneir and Professor A. J. Bard for preprints of related STM work on electrodes, and acknowledge helpful discussions with Professor P. Hansma. We also acknowledge partial support of this research at Caltech by the Office of Naval Research and at Stanford by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.Attached Files
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