Scanning Probe Microscopy Instrumentation Development:

SPM Development

Caption: (a) Homebuilt scanning tunneling microscope. (b) Homebuilt cryogenic variable temperature ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope.


Relevant Publications:

[1] E. T. Foley, N. L. Yoder, N. P. Guisinger, and M. C. Hersam, “Cryogenic variable temperature ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope for single molecule studies on silicon surfaces,” Rev. Sci. Instrum., in press, 2004.

Collaborators: Richard Van Duyne (NU Chemistry), Teri Odom (NU Chemistry)