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Scanning Tunneling Microscopes (device)

Known as: STM, Scanning Tunneling Microscope 
A microscope that makes use of the phenomenon of electron tunneling to map the positions of individual atoms in a surface or to move atoms around on… 
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2011
2011
Scanning tunneling microscope operating as a spin diode
We theoretically investigate spin-polarized transport in a system composed of a ferromagnetic Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM… 
2006
2006
A compact dual-tip STM design
A compact dual-tip scanning tunneling microscope (STM) design that achieves both rigidity and stability is presented. We… 
2005
2005
The puzzle of contrast inversion in DNA STM imaging.
DNA has been at the center of an imaging effort since the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). In some of the… 
1995
1995
Theory on STM images of Si(001) surface near defects.
We study the influence of surface defects on the structure of a Si(001) surface by statistical mechanical calculations based on… 
1994
1994
SELF-ASSEMBLY OF N-ALKANETHIOLATE MONOLAYERS ON SILVER NANOSTRUCTURES : DETERMINATION OF THE APPARENT THICKNESS OF THE MONOLAYER BY SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY
Abstract : The STM is employed to monitor the effect of adsorption of an n-alkanethiolate monolayer, from an aqueous solution of… 
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… 
1991
1991
Local tunneling spectroscopy of a Nb/InAs/Nb superconducting proximity system with a scanning tunneling microscope.
  • InoueTakayanagi
  • Physical Review B (Condensed Matter)
  • 1991
  • Corpus ID: 32234576
Local tunneling spectroscopy for a Nb/In/As/Nb superconducting proximity system was demonstrated with a low-temperature scanning… 
1990
1990
Theoretical approach to the scanning tunneling microscope.
  • Noguera
  • Physical Review B (Condensed Matter)
  • 1990
  • Corpus ID: 11402532
Within a one-electron approach, based on a Green's-function formalism, a nonperturbative expression for the tunneling current is… 
1989
1989
Superconducting energy gap in Coulomb staircase tunneling structures.
A sharp Coulomb staircase /ital I/-/ital V/ characteristic has been observed in tunneling structures formed between a tungsten… 
1988
1988
The (001) surface of molecular‐beam epitaxially grown GaAs studied by scanning tunneling microscopy
In order to better understand the mechanism of molecular‐beam epitaxy (MBE) growth on GaAs(001), it is essential to know the…