Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy: A route to the identification of the tip-apex structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Vitali, Lucia ^a   Borisova, Svetlana D ^b   Rusina, Galina G ^b   Chulkov, Evgueni V ^c,d,e   Kern, Klaus ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF STRENGTH PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77955379967     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.153409     Document Type: Article

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