Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

The scanning tunneling and the atomic force microscope, both capable of imaging individual atoms, were crowned with the Physics Nobel Prize in 1986, and are the cornerstones of nanotechnology today. The 1st edition has nurtured numerous beginners and experts since 1993. The 2nd edition is a thoroughly updated version of this 'bible' in the field.

List of contents

• 1: Overview


• Part I


• PRINCIPLES


• 2: Tunneling Phenomena


• 3: Tunneling Matrix Elements


• 4: Atomic forces


• 5: Atomic Forces and Tunneling


• 6: Nanometer-Scale Imaging


• 7: Atomic-Scale Imaging


• 8: Nanomechanical Effects


• Part II


• INSTRUMENTATION


• 9: Piezoelectric Scanners


• 10: Vibration Isolation


• 11: Electronics and Control


• 12: Mechanical Design


• 13: Tip Treatment


• 14: Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy


• 15: The Atomic Force Microscope


• 16: Illustrative Applications


• APPENDICES


• A: Green's Functions


• B: Spherical Modified Bessel Functions


• C: Surface symmetry


• D: Elementary elasticity theory

About the author

C. Julian Chen, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, USA.

Summary

The scanning tunneling and the atomic force microscope, both capable of imaging individual atoms, were crowned with the Physics Nobel Prize in 1986, and are the cornerstones of nanotechnology today. The 1st edition has nurtured numerous beginners and experts since 1993. The 2nd edition is a thoroughly updated version of this 'bible' in the field.

Additional text

The book Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy by C. Julian Chen serves as an excellent starting point to familiarize newcomers with the field, and at the same time provides an in-depth account of theoretical and practical aspects of SPM for the more experienced user. In my personal experience it is also very useful as a textbook for teaching single-molecule studies, at both the beginners and the advanced level.

Product details

• Authors: C Julian Chen, C. Julian Chen, C. Julian (Department of Applied Physics and Chen, C. Julian (Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Chen, Chen C. Julian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2015
• EAN: 9780198754756
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875475-6
• No. of pages: 488
• Series: Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials; Monographs on the Physics and; Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials; Monographs on the Physics and
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Microscopy, SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Nanotechnology & MEMS, MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General, SCIENCE / Nanoscience, SCIENCE / Physics / Crystallography, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Clinical, SCIENCE / Microscopes & Microscopy, Nanotechnology, Crystallography, Applied optics, Medical imaging, MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, Nanosciences