High resolution STM imaging with oriented single crystalline tips
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Precise knowledge of the atomic and electronic structure of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) tips is crucial for correct interpretation of atomically resolved STM data and improvement of spatial resolution. Here we demonstrate that tungsten probes with controllable electronic structure can be fabricated using oriented single crystalline tips. High quality of the [001]-oriented W tips sharpened in ultra high vacuum was proved by electron microscopy. Distance dependent STM studies carried out on graphite (0001) surface demonstrate that application of crystallographically oriented single crystalline tips allows one to control the tip electron orbitals responsible for high resolution imaging under specific tunneling
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تاریخ انتشار 2013