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Design and Implementation of Tools for STM Studies in UHV and at the Solid-Liquid Interface
Thanabalasingam, Bheeshmon (2016-08-11)This thesis presents details of the design and development of novel tools and instruments for scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and may be considered as a repository for several years' worth of development work. The ... -
The Design of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Electroluminescence Studies
Hairsine, Kristopher Ryan (2015-12-16)A conventional scanning tunneling microscope (STM) provides topographical and tunneling spectra information of atomic structures. However, the extremely small lateral dimension of the tunneling filament is also responsible ... -
Domain Boundaries of the 5x5 DAS Reconstruction
Mark, Andrew Gonchee (2011-11-11)Steps on surfaces have long been explored for their own sake, and exploited as growth mediators. However, another type of linear surface defect - the domain boundary - has been largely neglected. Here we introduce domain ... -
Molecular-level study of N-heterocyclic carbenes: Binding modes and self-assembly on Au(111)
Inayeh, AlexSelf-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of organic molecules are extensively used to functionalize surfaces for a wide range of applications from medicine to nanophotonics. However, creating a SAM that is sufficiently stable has ... -
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of Small Aromatic Molecules on Semiconductor Surfaces
Weymouth, Alfred John (2012-07-18)Understanding the behaviour of molecules on a semiconductor surface is necessary if molecular self-assembly is going to be employed, with existing semiconductor technology, to create useful devices. Si(111)-7x7 is an ... -
Temperature control instrumentation for scanning tunnelling microscopy
Visser, Jason Willem (2008-06-04)This thesis describes three different design projects that are intellectually connected by the fact that they all involve the development of apparatus to facilitate the precise control of sample temperature in modern ... -
A Vertical Coarse Approach Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Drevniok, Benedict (2009-06-25)A Pan-style scanning tunneling microscope (STM), with a vertical coarse approach mechanism, was designed, built and tested. The microscope will be operated in ultra-high vacuum and also at cryogenic temperatures (8 K) ...