THE INFLUENCE OF THE GEOMETRY OF THE TIP ON THE STM IMAGES

Authors
JURCZYSZYN L MINGO N FLORES F
Citation
L. Jurczyszyn et al., THE INFLUENCE OF THE GEOMETRY OF THE TIP ON THE STM IMAGES, Czechoslovak journal of Physics, 47(4), 1997, pp. 407-413
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Czechoslovak journal of Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114626
Volume
47
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
407 - 413
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4626(1997)47:4<407:TIOTGO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The theoretical studies presented in this paper concern the influence of the atomic structure of the tip on the tunneling of electrons betwe en the tip and the sample in STM. This problem has been discussed for the system formed by Al(001) surface and aluminium tip, where differen t geometries of the tip were taken into consideration. The obtained re sults have shown how various geometries of the tip induce considerably different STM images of the surface.