Radio-frequency scanning tunnelling microscopy

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7166, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Kemiktarak, U ^a   Ndukum, T ^c   Schwab, K C ^c   Ekinci, K L ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; NANODEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 35948969430     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06238     Document Type: Article

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