Ebook: Scanning Microscopy: Symposium Proceedings

With the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope in 1982 by Binnig and Rohrer and the subsequent award of the Nobel Prize, the field of scan­ ning microscopy was given a strong boost in view of its wide range of ap­ plications. In particular, expanding the capability to access nature's foundations at the atomic level is now recognized as having the potential for major impact in Infonnation Technology. This third volume of the ESPRIT Basic Research Series provides a well structured overview of the state of the art of scanning microscopy and re­ cent advances including results of ESPRIT Basic Research Actions 3109 and 3314. April 1992 G. Metakides Preface The IMO Symposium Fall '90, Wetzlar, FRO, October 1/2, 1990, brought together leading scientists and researchers in scanning microscopy from re­ search institutes and industries, each of whom was invited to contribute a lecture which was followed by a discussion. The resulting contributions are contained in this proceedings. Microscopic techniques are used not only for research work in material and life science but also for routine applications in almost any vital section of our everyday life. The demand for coming to a better understanding of materials and their behaviour under different conditions and environments as well as all aspects of human life initiated an ongoing development for improved microscopic techniques.

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With the award of a Nobel Prize in 1986 to Binnig and Rohrer for their invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, the field of scanning microscopy was given a strong boost. Microscopic techniques are used not only for research work in material and life science but also for routine applications in almost all vital sectors of everyday life. The demand for better understanding of materials and of all aspects of human life initiated an ongoing development of improved microscopic techniques. Inparticular, expanding the capability to access nature's foundations at the atomic level is now recognized as having the potential for major impact in information technology. This volume presents the proceedings of the IMO Symposium Fall '90, which brought together leading scientists in scanning microscopy from research institutes and industry, each of whom was invited to contribute a lecture. The lectures on the techniques of scanning microscopy and of current applications, including results of recentESPRIT basic research actions, provide a complete overview of the state of the art.

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With the award of a Nobel Prize in 1986 to Binnig and Rohrer for their invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, the field of scanning microscopy was given a strong boost. Microscopic techniques are used not only for research work in material and life science but also for routine applications in almost all vital sectors of everyday life. The demand for better understanding of materials and of all aspects of human life initiated an ongoing development of improved microscopic techniques. Inparticular, expanding the capability to access nature's foundations at the atomic level is now recognized as having the potential for major impact in information technology. This volume presents the proceedings of the IMO Symposium Fall '90, which brought together leading scientists in scanning microscopy from research institutes and industry, each of whom was invited to contribute a lecture. The lectures on the techniques of scanning microscopy and of current applications, including results of recentESPRIT basic research actions, provide a complete overview of the state of the art.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Performance and selection criteria of critical components of STM and AFM....Pages 1-10
Investigations on the SFM....Pages 11-31
New Scanning Microscopy Techniques: Scanning Noise Microscopy Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Assisted by Surface Plasmons....Pages 32-48
AN STM Study of the Oxygenation of Silicon....Pages 49-75
Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy....Pages 76-84
Study of epitaxial growth by combination of STM and LEED....Pages 85-101
STM Studies of Adsorbates in the Monolayer Range: Ag/Ni(100) and O/Ni(100)....Pages 102-116
Molecular Imaging with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 117-134
Imaging of Magnetic Domains in Ferromagnets and Superconductors by Force and Tunneling Microscopy....Pages 135-152
Acoustic Microscopy: Pictures to Ponder....Pages 153-166
Real-Time Confocal Scanning Microscope — An Optical Instrument with a Better Depth Resolution....Pages 167-185
On the Search for Last Frontiers Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Related Techniques (Abstract)....Pages 186-186
STM and AFM extensions (Abstract)....Pages 187-187
Back Matter....Pages 189-209

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With the award of a Nobel Prize in 1986 to Binnig and Rohrer for their invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, the field of scanning microscopy was given a strong boost. Microscopic techniques are used not only for research work in material and life science but also for routine applications in almost all vital sectors of everyday life. The demand for better understanding of materials and of all aspects of human life initiated an ongoing development of improved microscopic techniques. Inparticular, expanding the capability to access nature's foundations at the atomic level is now recognized as having the potential for major impact in information technology. This volume presents the proceedings of the IMO Symposium Fall '90, which brought together leading scientists in scanning microscopy from research institutes and industry, each of whom was invited to contribute a lecture. The lectures on the techniques of scanning microscopy and of current applications, including results of recentESPRIT basic research actions, provide a complete overview of the state of the art.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Performance and selection criteria of critical components of STM and AFM....Pages 1-10
Investigations on the SFM....Pages 11-31
New Scanning Microscopy Techniques: Scanning Noise Microscopy Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Assisted by Surface Plasmons....Pages 32-48
AN STM Study of the Oxygenation of Silicon....Pages 49-75
Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy....Pages 76-84
Study of epitaxial growth by combination of STM and LEED....Pages 85-101
STM Studies of Adsorbates in the Monolayer Range: Ag/Ni(100) and O/Ni(100)....Pages 102-116
Molecular Imaging with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope....Pages 117-134
Imaging of Magnetic Domains in Ferromagnets and Superconductors by Force and Tunneling Microscopy....Pages 135-152
Acoustic Microscopy: Pictures to Ponder....Pages 153-166
Real-Time Confocal Scanning Microscope — An Optical Instrument with a Better Depth Resolution....Pages 167-185
On the Search for Last Frontiers Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Related Techniques (Abstract)....Pages 186-186
STM and AFM extensions (Abstract)....Pages 187-187
Back Matter....Pages 189-209
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