THERMOVOLTAGES IN VACUUM TUNNELING INVESTIGATED BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY

被引:10
作者
HOFFMANN, DH [1 ]
RETTENBERGER, A [1 ]
GRAND, JY [1 ]
LAUGER, K [1 ]
LEIDERER, P [1 ]
DRANSFELD, K [1 ]
MOLLER, R [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV STUTTGART,INST PHYS,D-70550 STUTTGART,GERMANY
关键词
LOCAL DENSITY OF STATES; MONOATOMIC STEPS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; THERMOVOLTAGE;
D O I
10.1016/0040-6090(95)05844-3
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
By heating the tunneling tip of a scanning tunneling microscope the thermoelectric properties of a variable vacuum barrier have been investigated. The lateral variation of the observed thermovoltage will be discussed for polycrystalline gold, stepped surfaces of silver, as well as for copper islands on silver.
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页码:223 / 225
页数:3
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