Publisher Summary This chapter discusses that in the early years the rate of success in the
groups that pioneered the new era, with the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), was …

A scanning tunnelling microscope can image surfaces down to the atomic scale. Its very
high resolution is caused by its local probing mechanism: a tunnel current which flows …

Since its introduction by Binnig and Rohrer in 1981-821 scanning tunneling microscopy
(STM) has become widely adopted and adapted. The STM of Binnig and Rohrer had its …

The scanning tunneling microscope (STM)-developed by Binnig and Rohrer-has recently
appeared as a new instrument for surface structure investigations with atomic resolution …

In ten years, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and STM-derived local probe methods
have experienced a remarkable development. Today, the community is represented here at …

A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) can provide atomic‐resolution images of samples
in ultra‐high vacuum, moderate vacuum, gases including air at atmospheric pressure, and …

Construction of a simple scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is described. This STM is
suitable for atmospheric, controlled atmosphere, and high vacuum (but not UHV) work. This …

On October 15, 1986 the world learn ed about the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to
Ernst Ruska for his funda mental investigations in electron optics and the construction of the …

An overview of the status of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) is given. So far, the
method has been applied mainly to surface structures. Examples are given for …

A theory of the scanning-tunneling-microscopy (STM) current of adsorbates with focus on
effects of coherence in electron motion in the STM junction has been developed in the …