NASA NTRS · 19870062764
'Oxide-free' tip for scanning tunneling microscopy
Abstract
A new tip for scanning tunneling microscopy and a tip repair procedure that allows one to reproducibly obtain atomic images of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite with previously inoperable tips are reported. The tips are shown to be relatively oxide-free and highly resistant to oxidation. The tips are fabricated with graphite by two distinct methods.
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Colton, R. J., Baker, S. M., Baldeschwieler, J. D., Kaiser, W. J.. 1987-08-03. 'Oxide-free' tip for scanning tunneling microscopy. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19870062764
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