Scanning tunneling microscopy of pulsed-laser-depositedYBa2Cu3O7−δepitaxial thin films: Surface microstructure and growth mechanism

1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (17) ◽  
pp. 9760-9763 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Norton ◽  
Douglas H. Lowndes ◽  
X.-Y. Zheng ◽  
Shen Zhu ◽  
R. J. Warmack
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Growth Mechanism ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Surface Microstructure ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy

Publisher’s Note: “Probing subpicosecond dynamics using pulsed laser combined scanning tunneling microscopy” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 3268 (2004)]

2004 ◽  
Vol 85 (23) ◽  
pp. 5790-5790
Author(s):  
Osamu Takeuchi ◽  
Masahiro Aoyama ◽  
Ryuji Oshima ◽  
Yoshitaka Okada ◽  
Haruhiro Oigawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Pulsed Laser ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation of Organic Tetracyanoquinodimethane Thin Films

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1942-1945 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Gao ◽  
H. X. Zhang ◽  
Z. Q. Xue ◽  
S. J. Pang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Pyrolytic Graphite ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Microscopy Investigation

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigation of tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and the related C60-TCNQ thin films is presented. Periodic molecular chains of the TCNQ on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) substrates were imaged, which demonstrated that the crystalline (001) plane was parallel to the substrate. For the C60-TCNQ thin films, we found that there were grains on the film surface. STM images within the grain revealed that the well-ordered rows and terraces, and the parallel rows in different grains were generally not in the same orientation. Moreover, the grain boundary was also observed. In addition, AFM was employed to modify the organic TCNQ film surface for the application of this type of materials to information recording and storage at the nanometer scale. The nanometer holes were successfully created on the TCNQ thin film by the AFM.

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