Patent ID: 7282710
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: G01Q,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A scanning probe microscope tip consisting of coating said tip with a layer of chemically-synthesized nanoparticles affixed to said tip such that a drop of solvent containing said nanoparticles is deposited onto a surface of a liquid subphase prior to said nanoparticles being affixed to said tip, each of said nanoparticles comprising a length and width, wherein said length differs from said width by less than approximately 15%, wherein said each of said nanoparticles comprises an outer coating layer encapsulating each nanoparticle, wherein said tip is a non-magnetic silicon AFM tip, wherein said tip is coated with an adhesion layer, wherein said adhesion layer is between said tip and said nanoparticles, wherein said nanoparticles are generally spherical, and wherein said solvent comprises any of toluene, heptane, pentane, chloroform, and dichloromethane.