Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (IMAGE)

University of Konstanz

Scanning Tunnelling Microscope

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This is a scanning tunnelling microscope installed in a helium cooling device seen from below (with the sample stage removed). The mechanism for positioning the microscope tip above the sample surface is visible (center of image).

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Simon Diesch

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