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Scanning tunneling spectroscopy

About: Scanning tunneling spectroscopy is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7886 publications have been published within this topic receiving 213828 citations.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors have spatially resolved the electronic penetration of metallic electronic states through a molecular wire connected to an atomically clean contact, showing that electrons are transported along the molecular wire by virtual resonance tunneling with an inverse decay length of 4
Abstract: We have spatially resolved the electronic penetration of metallic electronic states through a molecular wire connected to an atomically clean contact. The molecular wire, which is 0.3 nm wide and 1.7 nm long, was electronically connected on one side, and a scanning tunneling microscope tip was used as a second movable electronic counterelectrode. The results reveal a clear exponential decay in the transparency (conductance) of the wire with distance from the contacted end. Analysis of the data shows that electrons are transported along the molecular wire by virtual resonance tunneling with an inverse decay length of 4 ${\mathrm{nm}}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$, in excellent agreement with theoretical calculations.

143 citations

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TL;DR: Experiments in which the dynamical behavior of these monolayers has been monitored as a function of time both statically and after the introduction of an external perturbation are described, and novel studies of the selective control of monolayer structure that make use of internal and external electric fields, photons, and solvent coadsorption are reviewed.
Abstract: ▪ Abstract The imaging and control of self-assembled, physisorbed monolayers have been the subject of numerous scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy investigations. The successful interpretation of the structures observed in scanning probe images of molecules self-assembled at liquid-solid and gas-solid interfaces has benefited greatly from recent experimental and theoretical work. These studies are converging on a general tunneling mechanism that accounts for the images of weakly bound, insulating adsorbates. Experiments in which the dynamical behavior of these monolayers has been monitored as a function of time both statically and after the introduction of an external perturbation are described, and novel studies of the selective control of monolayer structure that make use of internal and external electric fields, photons, and solvent coadsorption are reviewed.

143 citations

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02 Jul 1999-Science
TL;DR: Low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy of the high transition temperature (high-Tc) cuprate Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta reveals the existence of large numbers of identical regions with diameters of about 3 nanometers that have a relatively high density of low-energy quasi-particle states, consistent with theories of strong quasi- particle scattering from atomic-scale impurities in a d-wave superconductor.
Abstract: Low-temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy of the high transition temperature (high-T-c) cuprate Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta reveals the existence of large numbers of identical regions with diameters of about 3 nanometers that have a relatively high density

143 citations

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TL;DR: Comparison with ground state energy levels of color centers on the MgO surface obtained from embedded cluster calculations corroborates the assignment of the defects to singly and doubly charged color centers.
Abstract: Localized electronic defects on the surface of a 4 monolayer (ML) thin MgO(001) film deposited on Ag(001) have been investigated by low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. Depending on the location of the defect, we observe for the first time different defect energy levels in the band gap of MgO. The charge state of defects can be manipulated by interactions with the scanning tunneling microscope tip. Comparison with ground state energy levels of color centers on the MgO surface obtained from embedded cluster calculations corroborates the assignment of the defects to singly and doubly charged color centers.

143 citations


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YearPapers
202345
202289
2021128
2020143
2019134
2018159