Simultaneously scanning two connected tips in a scanning tunneling microscope

Liao, WT; Lobb, CJ; Wellstood, FC; Dreyer, M

Liao, WT (reprint author), Univ Maryland, Ctr Nanophys & Adv Mat, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.; Liao, WT (reprint author), Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, Joint Quantum Inst, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.; Liao, WT (reprint author), Lab Phys Sci, College Pk, MD 20740

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 2017; 121 (21):

Abstract

We have modified a dual-tip scanning tunneling microscope (STM) by electrically connecting the tips together with a short (3 mm) strip of flexible 25 ......

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