Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Contributors
Preface
List of Volumes in Treatise


1. Theory of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.
by J. Tersoff and N.D. Lang

1.1 Basic Principles

1.2 Theory of STm Imaging

1.3 Metal Surfaces: STM as Surface Topography

1.4 Semiconducting Surfaces: Role of Surface Electronic Structure

1.5 Adsorbates on Metal Surfaces

1.6 Close Approach of the Tip: The Strong-Coupling Regime

1.7 Tunneling Spectroscopy

1.8 Mechanical Tip-Sampling Interactions
References


2. Design Considerations for an STM System.
by S.-I. Park and R.C. Barrett

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Thworetical Considerations

2.3 Mechanical Structure and Components

2.4 Control Electronics

2.5 Common Problems and Further Improvements
Acknowledgments
References


3. Extensions of STM.
by H.K. Wickramasinghe

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Historical

3.3 STM and Some Extensions

3.4 Near-Field Thermal Microscopy and Extensions

3.5 Scanning Force Microscopy and Applications

3.6 Conclusion
References


4. Methods of Tunneling Spectroscopy.
by J.A. Stroscio and R.M.Feenstra

4.1 Instrumentation

4.2 General Current versus Voltage Characteristics

4.3 Voltage-Dependent Imaging Measurements

4.4 Fixed Separation I-V Measurements

4.5 Variable Separation Measurements
References


5. Semiconductor Surfaces.

5.1 Silicon
by R. Becker and R. Wolkow,
References

5.2 Germanium
by R. Becker
References

5.3 Gallium Arsenide
by R. M. Feenstra and J. A. Strocio
References


6. Metal Surfaces.
by Y. Kuk

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Corrugation Amplitudes and the Tunneling Tip

6.3 Tunneling Spectroscopy of Metal Surfaces

6.4 Clean Metal Surfaces

6.5 Adsorbate on Metal Surfaces

6.6 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References


7. Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy.
by L.D. Bell, W.J. Kaiser, M.H. Hecht, and L.C. Davis

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Theory

7.3 Experimental Details

7.4 Results

7.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgment
References


8 Charge-Density Waves.
by R.V. Coleman, Z. Dai, W.W.McNairy, C.G. Slough, and C. Wang

8.1 Transition Metal Chalcogenides

8.2 Charge-Density Wave Formation

8.3 Charge-Density Wave in Transition Metal Chalcogenides

8.4 Experimental STM and AFM Response to CDW Structures

8.5 Experimentsl Techniques

8.6 1T Phase Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

8.7 2H Phase Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

8.8 4Hb Phase Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

8.9 Linear Chain Transition Metal Traichalcogenides

8.10 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References


9. Superconductors
by H.F. Hess

9.1 Introduction

9.2 The Superconducting State

9.3 Experimentsl Techniques for STM on Superconductors

9.4 Spectrum in Zero Fiels

9.5 Vortex Data

9.6 Interpretation

9.7 Conclusion
References

INDEX