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Preparation of contacts to one-dimensional nanostructures
Citterberg, Daniel ; Procházka, Pavel (referee) ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with methodology of contacting one-dimensional nanostructures. Theoretical part of the thesis defines the concept of one-dimensional nanostructures, then it deals with the potential of their usage, especially in field effect transistors. This part also deals with the possibility of measuring the electrical properties of one-dimensional nanostructures and the possibility of fabricating contacts with sufficiently small sizes using litographic approach. Experimental part gives a brief overview of the tasks that need to be done during the contact fabrication. Subsequently, the individual steps are described in more detail and, finally, initial results of electrical characterization are shown.
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Multifunctional SNOM probes of new generation for correlative SEM/SPM measurements
Zezulka, Lukáš ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (referee) ; Spousta, Jiří (advisor)
Práce se věnuje návrhu multifunkční SNOM sondy pro korelativní SEM/SPM měření využívající dutého optického vlákna s plným jádrem. V rešerši jsou prozkoumány možné způsoby výroby SNOM hrotů na dutém optickém vlákně, využití dutých kapilár pro přívod pracovních tekutin ke vzorku a možnosti přívodu potenciálového rozdílu ke vzorku pomocí kapilár vyplněných vodivým materiálem. Dále je v práci prezentován vyvinutý způsob výroby unikátních SNOM hrotů a celý koncept je ověřen provedenými korelativními měřeními. Následně jsou diskutované problémy spojené s výrobou a měřeními.
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Testing and optimization of an ion source
Glajc, Petr ; Král,, Jaroslav (referee) ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (advisor)
A thorough description of the testing of a saddle-field ion source is presented in the diploma thesis. The most important experimental results, such as Faraday cup measurements of the ion beam current profile and of the ion energy spectra, are included. Based on these results it is shown that the optimized ion source works correctly and according to the expectations. At the end of the thesis, the development of the ion-optical and construction design of the focusing optics is described. The manufactured optics assembly attached to the ion source is also shown.
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Epitaxial growth of cobalt islands via oxide mediated epitaxy
Stará, Veronika ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (referee) ; Čechal, Jan (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with preparation, growth and analysis of cobalt thin films. The films are formed on silicon (111) samples covered with a thin layer of native oxide SiO2. Cobalt thin films were prepared using oxide mediated epitaxy method with the effusion cell as a source of cobalt atoms. Composition and morphology of the resulting Co system was studied as a function of the annealing temperature. Another goal of this research was to determine the dependence of the final island shape on the amount of deposited material and substrate orientation. The prepared structures were analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. To determine the thickness of subsurface islands the samples were etched in buffered hydrofluoric acid and analyzed using above mentioned methods.
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CREATION OF NANOSTRUCTURES ON SURFACES OF SOLID MATTER USING HYBRID METHODS
Rudolfová, Zdena ; Mikulík, Petr (referee) ; Horová, Ivana (referee) ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (advisor)
This thesis deals with the study of GaAs surface properties and with methodology of metal (mainly gold) nanoparticles deposition on GaAs substrate. GaAs has complicated surface oxides structure, which are very reactive when exposed to various chemicals (both acids and alkalines) and therefore they change GaAs surface properties. That is why the study of this properties is crucial for understanding of GaAs surface reactions on metal particles colloidal solution, from which the nanoparticles are deposited on the surface. The possibilites of GaAs surface etching and passivation are discussed. These should lead to surface stability enhancement during colloidal nanoparticles deposition. There was also studied the influence of adhesive polymer monolayer grown on GaAs substrate to the amount of nanoparticles deposited to the surface after substrate immersion into colloidal solution. This thesis concentrates on analyzing of methods, how the gold colloidal nanoparticles can be deposited selectivelly, only to defined areas. The areas were defined using charged particle beam.
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Study of catalytic decomposition of silica
Štubian, Martin ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (referee) ; Bábor, Petr (advisor)
This thesis deals with catalytic decomposition of silica using electron microscopy and Auger spectroscopy. The thesis is primarily focused on the Au-Si phase, which is created during in the reaction. In the theoretical part, the principle of used methods is described and recherche on the catalytic decomposition of silica is presented. The practical part contains the results of the measurements and their interpretation.
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Non-thermal dehydrogenation of carboxylic acids on metal surfaces
Kugler, David ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (referee) ; Čechal, Jan (advisor)
Molecular self-assembly is the process of spontaneous arrangement basic adsorbate units into complex structures. Self-assembly systems could be used for atomically precise fabrication of functional nanostructures in the future. One of the possibilities to fabricate self-assembled molecular networks is to deposit the simple carboxylic acid molecules onto a clean metal substrate. The aim of this work is to describe the kinetics of the deprotonation process of 4,4´-biphenyldicarboxylic acid on Ag(100) due to CO exposure. A low-energy electron microscope was used to monitor phase transitions induced by changes in binding properties of molecules. The result of the work is a comprehensive view on the deprotonation process induced by exposure to CO. We found out that the deprotonation reaction depends on the shape and size of molecular islands, and we described the kinetics of individual phase transitions for different molecular coverages. We have also described the correlation between CO pressure and the rate of deprotonation.
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Functionalized nanostructures
Váňa, Rostislav ; Kvapil, Michal (referee) ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (advisor)
This thesis deals with functionalized nanoparticles. In the first part there are mentioned materials suitable for a functionalization, the usage of functionalized nanoparticles in medicine and biochemistry and detection methods of changes of optical properties. In the second part changes of optical properties after functionalization are investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry and FTIR spectroscopy.
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Application of metal and semiconductor nanostructures for biodetection
Kejík, Lukáš ; Skládal, Petr (referee) ; Kolíbal, Miroslav (advisor)
The master’s thesis deals with two applications of gold discoidal nanostructures exhibiting plasmon resonance for biodetection. The first approach considers the detection of changes in the phase on plasmonic antennas using coherence-controlled holography microscope. It was found that the steepness of the phase is increasing with the illumination wavelength when plasmon resonance is excited in larger antennas. The sensitivity of the phase to refractive-index changes of the surrounding media was observed when the largest response was given by antennas in resonance with wavelength of illumination. Next part deals with plasmon resonance detection by means of optical spectroscopy combined with voltametry which characterizes the electrochemical activity. Changes in resonance wavelength induced by the presence of SSC buffer were observed, although this influence seems to diminish in time. Conducted experiments have also shown that oxygen-plasma cleaning is not suitable for sample surface cleaning because of oxidation of metals including gold as well.
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