Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

by Chen, C. Julian

• ISBN13: 9780199211500
• ISBN10: 0199211507
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The scanning tunneling microscopes and the atomic force microscopy, both capable of imaging and manipulating individual atoms, were crowned with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986, and are the cornerstones of nanotechnology today. The first edition of this book has nurtured numerous beginners and experts since 1993. The second edition includes a number of new developments in the field. Non-contact atomic-force microscopy has demonstrated true atomic resolution. It enables direct observation and mapping of individual chemical bonds. A new chapter about the underlying physics, atomic forces, is added. The chapter on atomic force microscopy is substantially expanded. Spin-polarized STM has enabled the observation of local magnetic phenomena down to atomic scale. A pedagogical presentation of the basic concepts is included. Inelastic scanning tunneling microscopy has shown the capability of studying vibrational modes of individual molecules. The underlying theory and new instrumentation are added. For biological research, to increase the speed of scanning to observe life phenomena in real time is a key. Advanced in this direction is presented as well. The capability of STM to manipulate individual atoms is one of the cornerstones of nanotechnology. The theoretical basis and in particular the relation between tunneling and interaction energy are thoroughly presented, together with experimental facts.

Author Biography

Dr. C.Julian Chen is Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University in New York.

Table of Contents

Overview

Principles

Tunneling Phenomena

Tunneling Matrix Elements

Atomic forces

Atomic Forces and Tunneling

Nanometer-Scale Imaging

Atomic-Scale Imaging

Nanomechanical Effects

Nstrumentation

Piezoelectric Scanners

Vibration Isolation

Electronics and Control

Mechanical Design

Tip Treatment

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

The Atomic Force Microscope

Illustrative Applications

Appendices

Green's Functions

Spherical Modified Bessel Functions

Surface symmetry

Elementary elasticity theory

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