Scanning tunneling microscope tip structures

Ruth Nicolaides; Yong Liang; William E. Packard; Zhou Wu Fu; Howard A. Blackstead; K. K. Chin; John D. Dow; Jacek K. Furdyna; Wei Min Hu; Robert C. Jaklevic; Mary V. Zeller; William J. Kaiser; Alan R. Pelton; Joseph Bellina

doi:10.1116/1.575392

Scanning tunneling microscope tip structures

Ruth Nicolaides, Yong Liang, William E. Packard, Zhou Wu Fu, Howard A. Blackstead, K. K. Chin, John D. Dow, Jacek K. Furdyna, Wei Min Hu, Robert C. Jaklevic, Mary V. Zeller, William J. Kaiser, Alan R. Pelton, Joseph Bellina

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Studies of electrochemically etched tungsten scanning tunneling microscope tips, using scanning electron microscopy, show that (i) the tips are often convolved or bent if the mass of the tungsten wire submerged in the etchant is large (an effect ascribed to surface plastic flow), (ii) bent tips nevertheless often produce good quality scanning tunneling microscopy images of Au films in air, but (iii) tips, once crashed clumsily into the Au films, no longer produce images.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	445-447
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1116/1.575392
State	Published - Mar 1988
Externally published	Yes

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Condensed Matter Physics
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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Nicolaides, R., Liang, Y., Packard, W. E., Fu, Z. W., Blackstead, H. A., Chin, K. K., Dow, J. D., Furdyna, J. K., Hu, W. M., Jaklevic, R. C., Zeller, M. V., Kaiser, W. J., Pelton, A. R., & Bellina, J. (1988). Scanning tunneling microscope tip structures. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 6(2), 445-447. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.575392

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