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Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 57 - 61 (1982)

Surface Studies by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

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G. Binnig, H. Rohrer, Ch. Gerber, and E. Weibel
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, 8803 Rüschlikon-ZH, Switzerland

Received 30 April 1982

Surface microscopy using vacuum tunneling is demonstrated for the first time. Topographic pictures of surfaces on an atomic scale have been obtained. Examples of resolved monoatomic steps and surface reconstructions are shown for (110) surfaces of CaIrSn4 and Au.


©1982 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.57
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.57
PACS: 68.20.+t, 73.40.Gk

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