Parallel scanning tunneling microscopy imaging of low dimensional nanostructures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Janta Polczynski, Barnim A ^a   Cerdá, Jorge I ^b   Éthier Majcher, Gabriel ^a   Piyakis, Konstantinos ^a   Rochefort, Alain ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BENZENE; COMMUNICATION; COPPER; EXCAVATION; METALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

BENZENE ADSORPTION; CU(111); DATA COMMUNICATIONS; FIRST GENERATION; HIGH-QUALITY; LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS; LOW DIMENSIONAL; MASTER-SLAVE; METAL SURFACES; MICROSCOPY IMAGING; PARALLEL SCHEME; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY (STM); STANDING-WAVE PATTERNS; STM IMAGES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48849112206     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2955440     Document Type: Article

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