As a much-enriched supplement to the previous review paper entitled the “Effective work
functions for ionic and electronic emissions from mono-and polycrystalline surfaces”[Prog …

Using remarkably simple experimental techniques it is possible to gently break a metallic
contact and thus form conducting nanowires. During the last stages of the pulling a neck …

The scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) was invented by Binnig and Rohrer and
received a Nobel Prize of Physics in 1986. Together with the atomic force microscope (AFM) …

The physics of electron transport in Si and GaAs is investigated with use of a Monte Carlo
technique which improves the" state-of-the-art" treatment of high-energy carrier dynamics.(1) …

Presented here is an overview of the present status and future prospects of scanning
tunneling microscopy. Topics covered include the physical basis of the scanning tunneling …

An Nb‐Sn filament mounted on a flexible glass beam can be broken to form an electron
tunneling junction between the fracture elements. Breaking the filament in liquid helium …

Significant progress has been made both in experimentation and in theoretical modeling of
scanning probe microscopy. The theoretical models used to analyze and interpret …

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and its Application presents a unified view of the rapidly
growing field of STM, and its many derivatives. A thorough discussion of the various …

Metallic point contacts and tunnel junctions with a small and adjustable number of
conduction channels have been obtained in the last few years using scanning tunneling …

Tunneling spectroscopy performed with the scanning tunneling microscope is used to study
image-type surface states. The tunneling tip causes a Stark shift and expansion of the …