Holders for in situ treatments of scanning tunneling microscopy tips

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ishida, Nobuyuki ^a   Subagyo, Agus ^a   Ikeuchi, Akira ^a   Sueoka, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BOMBARDMENTS; FE-COATED; IN-SITU TREATMENT; ION SPUTTERING; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN-POLARIZED; TIP APEX; TRANSFER PATHS;

CHROMIUM; HEATING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPUTTERING; WIND TUNNELS;

SCANNING;

EID: 70349656705     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3223974     Document Type: Article

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