Automated tip conditioning for scanning tunneling spectroscopy

S Wang, J Zhu, R Blackwell… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS), a technique that records the change in the
tunneling current as a function of the bias (d I/d V) across the gap between a tip and the …

Additional energy scale in SmB6 at low-temperature

L Jiao, S Rößler, DJ Kim, LH Tjeng, Z Fisk… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Topological insulators give rise to exquisite electronic properties because of their spin-
momentum locked Dirac-cone-like band structure. Recently, it has been suggested that the …

Denoising scanning tunneling microscopy images of graphene with supervised machine learning

F Joucken, JL Davenport, Z Ge, EA Quezada-Lopez… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Machine learning (ML) methods are extraordinarily successful at denoising photographic
images. The application of such denoising methods to scientific images is, however, often …

Reproducible tip fabrication and cleaning for UHV STM

ZQ Yu, CM Wang, Y Du, S Thevuthasan, I Lyubinetsky - Ultramicroscopy, 2008 - Elsevier
Several technical modifications related to the fabrication and ultra-high vacuum (UHV)
treatments of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tips have been implemented to …

Machine learning at the (sub) atomic scale: next generation scanning probe microscopy

OM Gordon, PJ Moriarty - Machine Learning: Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss the exciting prospects for a step change in our ability to map and modify matter
at the atomic/molecular level by embedding machine learning algorithms in scanning probe …

A low-temperature high resolution scanning tunneling microscope with a three-dimensional magnetic vector field operating in ultrahigh vacuum

T Mashoff, M Pratzer, M Morgenstern - Review of scientific instruments, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We present a low-temperature ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) scanning tunneling microscope
setup with a combination of a superconducting solenoid coil and two split-pair magnets …

Enantioselective chemisorption on model chirally modified surfaces: 2-Butanol on α-(1-naphthyl) ethylamine/Pd (111)

L Burkholder, D Stacchiola… - The Journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The enantioselective adsorption of propylene oxide and 2-butanol is explored on α-(1-
naphthyl)-ethylamine (NEA) covered Pd (111) using temperature-programmed desorption …

Electron beam collimation with a 40 000 tip metallic double-gate field emitter array and in-situ control of nanotip sharpness distribution

P Helfenstein, VA Guzenko, HW Fink… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The generation of highly collimated electron beams from a double-gate field emitter array
with 40000 metallic tips and large collimation gate apertures is reported. Field emission …

[HTML][HTML] Robust procedure for creating and characterizing the atomic structure of scanning tunneling microscope tips

S Tewari, KM Bastiaans, MP Allan… - Beilstein journal of …, 2017 - beilstein-journals.org
Scanning tunneling microscopes (STM) are used extensively for studying and manipulating
matter at the atomic scale. In spite of the critical role of the STM tip, procedures for controlling …

Quantitative analysis of annealed scanning probe tips using energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy

RJ Cobley, RA Brown, CJ Barnett, TGG Maffeis… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A quantitative method to measure the reduction in oxide species on the surface of
electrochemically etched tungsten tips during direct current annealing is developed using …