Surface Studies by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Abstract
Surface microscopy using vacuum tunneling is demonstrated for the first time. Topographic pictures of surfaces on an atomic scale have been obtained. Examples of resolved monoatomic steps and surface reconstructions are shown for (110) surfaces of CaIrSn4 and Au.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.57
- Bibcode:
- 1982PhRvL..49...57B
- Keywords:
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- 68.20.+t;
- 73.40.Gk;
- Tunneling