THE TRANSPORT AND SWITCHING OF XE ATOMS ON THE NI-W INTERFACE OF A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

Authors
FLORES F CERDA JR DEANDRES PL ECHENIQUE PM
Citation
F. Flores et al., THE TRANSPORT AND SWITCHING OF XE ATOMS ON THE NI-W INTERFACE OF A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 15(2-3), 1993, pp. 451-457
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03926737
Volume
15
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
451 - 457
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-6737(1993)15:2-3<451:TTASOX>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The transport and switch of Xe atoms on the Ni-W interface of a scanni ng tunnelling microscope have been analysed for different geometries a s a function of the tip position with respect to the Ni(110) surface. Our results show that the control of the different experimental result s can only be achieved by a precise control of the position of the tip on the sample. In particular, the tip-sample Xe switch can only be ob tained within tip heights of 0.2 angstrom.