New directions in point-contact spectroscopy based on scanning tunneling microscopy techniques (Review Article)

Автор(и)

  • E. Tartaglini Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, PO Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
  • T.G.A. Verhagen Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, PO Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
  • F. Galli Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, PO Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
  • M.L. Trouwborst Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, PO Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
  • R. Müller University of Konstanz, FB Physik, 10 Universitätstrasse, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
  • T. Shiota Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-S7-14, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
  • J. Aarts Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, PO Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
  • J.M. van Ruitenbeek Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, PO Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4795171

Ключові слова:

scanning tunneling microscopes, single-molecule techniques, atom manipulation in atomic physics, ballistic transport.

Анотація

Igor Yanson showed 38 years ago for the first time a point-contact measurement where he probed the energy resolved spectroscopy of the electronic scattering inside the metal. Since this first measurement, the pointcontact spectroscopy (PCS) technique improved enormously. The application of the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques in the late 1980s allowed achieving contacts with a diameter of a single atom. With the introduction of the mechanically controlled break junction technique, even spectroscopy on freely suspended chains of atoms could be performed. In this paper, we briefly review the current developments of PCS and show recent experiments in advanced scanning PCS based on SPM techniques. We describe some results obtained with both needle-anvil type of point contacts and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). We also show our first attempt to lift up with a STM a chain of single gold atoms from a Au(110) surface.

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2013-01-16

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Tartaglini, E.; Verhagen, T.; Galli, F.; Trouwborst, M.; Müller, R.; Shiota, T.; Aarts, J.; Ruitenbeek, J. van. New Directions in Point-Contact Spectroscopy Based on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Techniques (Review Article). Fiz. Nizk. Temp. 2013, 39, 249-260.

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Том 39 № 3 (2013)

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