1997
Surface energetics and dynamics measured from STM movies
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We describe a high-speed programmable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) for the study of dynamical processes and the measurement of various energies on metal surfaces. The programmable-temperature STM operates in the temperature range from 60 to 1000 K. Over a temperature window of 300 K it can keep one particular surface area in view. We present two experimental results obtained with this instrument. The first concerns the energetics of a vicinal surface, Ag(115), and their relation with the surface roughening transition. The second treats the diffusion dynamics of kinks in steps on the (110) surface of Au.
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Hoogeman, M. S., Schlößer, D. C., Sanders, J.-B., Kuipers, K., Chang, M. F., Klik, M. A. J., … Frenken, J. W. M. (1997). Surface energetics and dynamics measured from STM movies. In M. C. Tringides (Ed.), Surface Diffusion : Atomistic and Collective Processes (pp. 463–474). |