Robust, switchable, C-related, Superconducting Nanostructure at the Apex of a W tip
2019
We report on a controlled method to fabricate in-situ a superconducting (SC) nanostructure at the apex of the standard W tip of a Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM) by pulsing the tunnelling voltage on a graphene covered metal surface. We have characterized the SC properties of the resulting tip as a function of temperature and magnetic field, obtaining a transition temperature of 3.3 K and a critical field well above 3T. The SC nanotip is robust, stable, and achieves atomic resolution. The non-SC tip can be easily recovered by controlled voltage pulsing on a clean metal surface. The present result should be taken into account when studying zero-bias features like Kondo resonances or superconductivity on graphene-based systems by means of STM using tungsten tips.
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