Photothermal effects induced by laser excitation in a scanning tunneling microscope

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 532-536

  Trannoy, Nathalie ^a   Grossel, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Scanning tunneling microscope; STM tip; Thermal coupling; Thermal elasticity; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165439     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(00)00233-7     Document Type: Article

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