Influence of Atomic and Electronic Structure of a Tip on Stm Images
L. Jurczyszyn
Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Wrocław, Pl. M. Borna 9, 50-204 Wrocław, Poland

N. Mingo and F. Flores
Departamento de Fisica de la Materia Condensada, C-V, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Theoretical studies of the influence of electronic and atomic structure of a tip on scanning tunneling microscopy images are presented. Results are discussed for the scanning of Al(001) and Al(001)+Xe surfaces performed within aluminum and nickel tips of a different geometry.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.93.307
PACS numbers: 07.79.Cz, 61.16.Ch