Scanning tunneling microscopy of functional nanostructures on solid surfaces: Manipulation, self-assembly, and applications

HJ Gao, L Gao - Progress in Surface Science, 2010 - Elsevier
The manipulation, self-assembly, and application of functional nanostructures on solid
surfaces are fundamental issues for the development of electronics and optoelectronics. For …

Tunable interfacial properties of epitaxial graphene on metal substrates

M Gao, Y Pan, C Zhang, H Hu, R Yang, H Lu… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We report on tuning interfacial properties of epitaxially-grown graphenes with different kinds
of metal substrates based on scanning tunneling microscopy experiments and density …

Intrinsic current-voltage properties of nanowires with four-probe scanning tunneling microscopy: A conductance transition of ZnO nanowire

X Lin, XB He, TZ Yang, W Guo, DX Shi, HJ Gao… - Applied physics …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We report intrinsic current-voltage properties of ZnO nanowire measured by a four-tip
scanning tunneling microscopy (F-STM). It is found that after bending the nanowire with the …

Boron nanowires for flexible electronics

J Tian, J Cai, C Hui, C Zhang, L Bao, M Gao… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Flexible boron nanowires have been synthesized via thermoreduction in boron-oxygen
compounds with magnesium. These as-prepared nanowires, which are structurally uniform …

Nanoscale charge transport measurements using a double-tip scanning tunneling microscope

P Jaschinsky, J Wensorra, MI Lepsa… - Journal of applied …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate the ability of a double-tip scanning tunneling microscope (STM) combined
with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to perform charge transport measurements on …

Direct measurements of conductivity and mobility in millimeter-sized single-crystalline graphene via van der Pauw geometry

RS Ma, Q Huan, LM Wu, JH Yan, YY Zhang… - Chinese …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the direct measurements of conductivity and mobility in millimeter-sized single-
crystalline graphene on SiO 2/Si via van der Pauw geometry by using a home-designed four …

Upgrade of a commercial four-probe scanning tunneling microscopy system

R Ma, Q Huan, L Wu, J Yan, Q Zou, A Wang… - Review of Scientific …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Upgrade of a commercial ultra-high vacuum four-probe scanning tunneling microscopy
system for atomic resolution capability and thermal stability is reported. To improve the …

Surface-Step-Terrace-Induced Anomalous Transport Properties in Highly Epitaxial La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 Thin Films

H Lu, C Zhang, H Guo, H Gao, M Liu, J Liu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
La0. 67Ca0. 33MnO3 thin films were epitaxially grown on miscut MgO (001) substrates by
pulsed laser ablation. Electrical transport properties were studied by using an ultra high …

A time-shared switching scheme designed for multi-probe scanning tunneling microscope

J Yan, J Ma, A Wang, R Ma, L Wu, Z Wu, L Liu… - Review of Scientific …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We report the design of a time-shared switching scheme, aiming to realize the manipulation
and working modes (imaging mode and transport measurement mode) switching between …

Cathodoluminescent and electrical properties of an individual ZnO nanowire with oxygen vacancies

H Xiao-Bo, Y Tian-Zhong, C Jin-Ming… - Chinese …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
A single ZnO nanowire with intrinsic oxygen vacancies is utilized to fabricate four-contact
device with focus ion beam lithography technique. Cathodoluminescent spectra indicate …