Design criteria for scanning tunneling microscopes to reduce the response to external mechanical disturbances

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Ast, Christian R ^a   Assig, Maximilian ^a   Ast, Alexandra ^b   Kern, Klaus ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 54749149162     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2979008     Document Type: Article

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