Nanotechnology and Surface Analysis Using Scanning Probe Microscopy

摘要

At the start of the '80s, a newly-developed type of microscope - the scanning tunneling microscope -for the first time allowed localized surface scanning with atomic resolution. This development, for which Binnig and Rohrer received the Nobel Prize, has since yielded high-resolution, surface-sensitive tools for use in the natural sciences. The principle upon which it is based is astonishingly simple, and resembles one used every day by each of us.