Fabrication and Use of Atomically Smooth Steps on 6H-SiC for Calibration of z-Displacements in Scanning Probe Microscopy

2010 ◽  
Vol 645-648 ◽  
pp. 767-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey P. Lebedev ◽  
P.A. Dement’ev ◽  
Alexander A. Lebedev ◽  
V.N. Petrov ◽  
Alexander N. Titkov

Atomic-force microscopy and scanning tunnel electron microscopy have been used to study the surface of single-crystal 6H-SiC (0001) substrates subjected to step-by-step high-temperature annealing in vacuum. An annealing procedure leading to surface structuring by atomically smooth steps with heights of 0.75 and 1.5 nm has been found. It is suggested to use the structured surfaces as test objects for z-calibration of scanning probe microscopes.

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
А.Е. Почтенный ◽  
А.Н. Лаппо ◽  
И.П. Ильюшонок

AbstractSome results of studying the direct-current (DC) conductivity of perylenetetracarboxylic acid dimethylimide films by cyclic oxygen thermal desorption are presented. The microscopic parameters of hopping electron transport over localized impurity and intrinsic states were determined. The bandgap width and the sign of major current carriers were determined by scanning probe microscopy methods (atomic force microscopy, scanning probe spectroscopy, and photoassisted Kelvin probe force microscopy). The possibility of the application of photoassisted scanning tunneling microscopy for the nanoscale phase analysis of photoconductive films is discussed.


2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-187
Author(s):  
Fabricio Simão dos Santos ◽  
Simoni Maria Gheno ◽  
Sebastião Elias Kuri

Nesse trabalho, a microscopia de varredura por sonda (Scanning Probe Microscopy - SPM), nos modos contato (Atomic Force Microscopy - AFM) e de força magnética (Magnetic Force Microscopy - MFM), foi utilizada para analisar a microestrutura de um aço inoxidável dúplex 2205 solubilizado e envelhecido. Foi feita uma análise por AFM da superfície do aço solubilizado após crescimento de filme passivo. Por AFM, obteve-se indicação de crescimento de filme sobre a microestrutura do aço solubilizado, enquanto por MFM a distribuição de fases pôde ser observada sem a necessidade de ataque da superfície.


2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 46-51

Microscopy Today congratulates the third annual group of Innovation Award winners. The ten innovations described below move several microscopy techniques forward: atomic force microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, light microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, electron microscopy, and analytical microscopy. These innovations will make imaging and analysis more powerful, more flexible, more productive, and easier to accomplish.


2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-29
Author(s):  
Monteith G. Heaton ◽  
Jason P. Cleveland

Over the past decade, Atomic Force/Scanning Probe Microscopy (AFM/SPM) has emerged as the leading tool for investigations at the nanoscale – doing everything from imaging, to compositional differentiation, to explorations of molecular forces. However, aside from some interesting tweaks, add-ons and repackaging, the field has seen no fundamentally new instruments for several years. For the extremely high-resolution AFM/SPMs, there has literally been no completely new microscope for well over a decade. We report here on the new CypherTM AFM from Asylum Research (Figure 1). that delivers upgrades from the existing field of older AFM/SPMs on a variety of levels.


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