Recent Developments in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
| R. Wiesendanger Institute of Applied Physics and Centre for Microstructural Research, University of Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 11, 2000 Hamburg 36, Germany |
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| Scanning tunneling microscopy and related local probe methods have led to a novel perception of nanometer- and atomic-scale structures and processes. Since the structural information is obtained directly in real space, the scanning probe techniques offer considerable advantages compared with diffraction techniques for the investigation of non-periodic structures at solid surfaces. In addition, the local probe methods allow to study almost any kind of physical property of microstructures with submicron down to atomic resolution. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.84.419 PACS numbers: 61.16.Bg, 68.35.Bs, 75.25.+z |