Novelin situcleavage technique for cross‐sectional scanning tunneling microscopy sample preparation

1996 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 1922-1924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.‐C. Kim ◽  
M. J. Nowakowski ◽  
D. N. Seidman
1995 ◽  
Vol 399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.-C. Kim ◽  
M. J. Nowakowski ◽  
D. N. Seidman

ABSTRACTA novel in situ sample cleavage technique has been developed for fabricating specimens for cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy (XSTM) applications. This technique can be easily adapted to any ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) STM that has a coarse motion capability. A conducting diamond STM tip is used to create micron long scratches on Ge/GaAs or GaAs {001 }-type surfaces. These {001} surfaces are imaged with STM to observe scratch characteristics, and GaAs samples are cleaved to reveal {110}-type faces. Atomic resolution images of {110}-type GaAs surfaces are readily and reproducibly obtained.


2007 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 024306 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Cobley ◽  
K. S. Teng ◽  
M. R. Brown ◽  
S. P. Wilks

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