Scanning Probe Microscopy Atomic Scale Engineering by Forces and Currents /

• Main Authors: Foster, Adam (Author), Hofer, Werner (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: NanoScience and Technology,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Nanotechnology.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

Scanning Probe Microscopy provides a comprehensive source of information for researchers, teachers, and graduate students about the rapidly expanding field of scanning probe theory. Written in the style of a textbook, it explains from scratch the theory behind today’s simulation techniques and gives...

Table of Contents:

• The Physics of Scanning Probe Microscopes
• SPM: The Instrument
• Theory of Forces
• Electron Transport Theory
• Transport in the Low Conductance Regime
• Bringing Theory to Experiment in SFM
• Topographic images
• Single-Molecule Chemistry
• Current and Force Spectroscopy
• Outlook.