UNSPECIFIED (2003) Is seeing believing? Atomic-scale imaging of surface structures using scanning tunnelling microscopy. [Journal Item]

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Abstract

Scanning tunnelling microscopy produces beautiful atomic resolution images of surfaces which appear to show atomic positions in a very direct fashion. However, the technique is intrinsically a probe of spatial variations in electronic structure, so interpreting such images correctly is sometimes far from trivial. A brief survey is presented of some of the known effects and their physical origins, and of the progress being made in theoretical modelling which has helped to understand many of these phenomena and to provide far more reliable image interpretation. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Q Science > QC Physics
Journal or Publication Title:	CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
ISSN:	1359-0286
Date:	February 2003
Volume:	7
Number:	1
Number of Pages:	7
Page Range:	pp. 75-81
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/9410

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