Combining scanning tunneling microscopy and synchrotron radiation for high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy with chemical, electronic, and magnetic contrast |
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Authors: | Cummings M L Chien T Y Preissner C Madhavan V Diesing D Bode M Freeland J W Rose V |
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Affiliation: | a Rice University, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department, Houston, TX 77005, USA b Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA c Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA d Boston College, Department of Physics, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA e University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty for Chemistry, 45141 Essen, Germany |
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Abstract: | The combination of high-brilliance synchrotron radiation with scanning tunneling microscopy opens the path to high-resolution imaging with chemical, electronic, and magnetic contrast. Here, the design and experimental results of an in-situ synchrotron enhanced x-ray scanning tunneling microscope (SXSTM) system are presented. The system is designed to allow monochromatic synchrotron radiation to enter the chamber, illuminating the sample with x-ray radiation, while an insulator-coated tip (metallic tip apex open for tunneling, electron collection) is scanned over the surface. A unique feature of the SXSTM is the STM mount assembly, designed with a two free-flex pivot, providing an angular degree of freedom for the alignment of the tip and sample with respect to the incoming x-ray beam. The system designed successfully demonstrates the ability to resolve atomic-scale corrugations. In addition, experiments with synchrotron x-ray radiation validate the SXSTM system as an accurate analysis technique for the study of local magnetic and chemical properties on sample surfaces. The SXSTM system's capabilities have the potential to broaden and deepen the general understanding of surface phenomena by adding elemental contrast to the high-resolution of STM. |
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Keywords: | Photoelectron microscopy Scanning tunneling microscopy Synchrotron radiation x-Ray magnetic circular dichroism SXSTM |
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