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Condensed Matter and Surface Physics

Facilities

Microscopy VT-UHV-SPM
Description

The variable-temperature ultra-high-vacuum scanning probe microscope (VT-UHV-SPM) operates for both top-surface imaging and local spectroscopy across a wide temperature range in UHV. Features can also be grown or modified in the analysis chamber for the above studies.

Manufacturer Omicron NanoTechnology, Germany

Model VT Beam Deflection AFM

Installation place & date Room # 126 & May, 2004

Key Features

UHV (10-10 mbar)

STM: Tunneling current
AFM Contact: Cantilever distortion
AFM Non-contact: Resonance frequency shift


Temperature range: 25-1500 K

Scan range: 10 µm X 10 µm (max)
Z-range: 1.5 µm; Resolution better than 0.01 nm

 

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