We report a protocol for combining the atomic metrology of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope for surface patterning with selective Atomic Layer Deposition and Reactive Ion Etching. Using a robust process involving numerous atmospheric exposures and transport, 3D nanostructures with atomic metrology are fabricated.
Ballard, J. B., Dick, D. D., McDonnell, S. J., Bischof, M., Fu, J., Owen, J. H. G., Owen, W. R., Alexander, J. D., Jaeger, D. L., Namboodiri, P., Fuchs, E., Chabal, Y. J., Wallace, R. M., Reidy, R., Silver, R. M., Randall, J. N., Von Ehr, J. Atomically Traceable Nanostructure Fabrication. J. Vis. Exp. (101), e52900, doi:10.3791/52900 (2015).