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Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling

Known as: Microscopies, Scanning Tunneling, Tunnelling Microscopies, Scanning, Tunnelling Microscopy, Scanning 
A type of scanning probe microscopy in which a very sharp conducting needle is swept just a few angstroms above the surface of a sample. The tiny… 
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Atomic Resolution MicroscopyMicroscopy
Microscopy, Atomic ForceSICM (scanning ion conductance microscopy)Scanning Tunneling Microscopes (device)standards characteristics

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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Nanotube structure and electronic properties probed by scanning tunneling microscopy
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has been used to investigate the structure and electronic properties of carbon nanotubes… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Structure of GaAs(100)-c(8 x 2) determined by scanning tunneling microscopy.
The scanning tunneling microscope (STM) has been used to study the c(8×2) reconstruction of GaAs(100). High-resolution STM images… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Phase transition from pseudomorphic FeSi2 to beta -FeSi2/Si(111) studied by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy.
We have used the scanning tunneling microscope to study the Jahn-Teller-like structural transition from pseudomorphic FeSi 2 on… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Measurement of the ν8 intermolecular vibration of (D2O)2 by tunable far infrared laser spectroscopy
The first accurate measurement of an intermolecular vibration of the water dimer is reported. Five vibration–rotation‐tunneling… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Elucidating complex surface reconstructions with atomic-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy: Au(100)-aqueous electrochemical interface.
Abstract : The utilization of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with high-quality atomic resolution for elucidating complex… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Potential-dependent reconstruction at ordered Au(100)-aqueous interfaces as probed by atomic-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy.
Detailed atomic-resolution images of ordered Au(100) surfaces in aqueous 0.1M ${\mathrm{HClO}}_{4}$ as obtained by in situ… 
1991
1991
A COMBINED MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY AND SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY SYSTEM
A combined molecular‐beam epitaxy and scanning tunneling microscopy system has been constructed. The design has been optimized… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Reconstruction at ordered Au(110)-aqueous interfaces as probed by atomic-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy.
Atomic-resolution scanning-tunneling-microscopy images of ordered Au(110) in aqueous 0.1M ${\mathrm{HClO}}_{4}$, reported as a… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Effects of isolated atomic collision cascades on SiO2/Si interfaces studied by scanning tunneling microscopy.
Si(100) wafers with oxide thicknesses of 40 and 200 A were implanted with Ge/sup +/ and As/sup +/ ions with energies from 20 keV… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Images of a lipid bilayer at molecular resolution by scanning tunneling microscopy.
The molecular structure of a fatty acid bilayer has been recorded with a scanning tunneling microscope operating in air. The… 
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