Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Methods and Applications

By Roland Wiesendanger

Book Overview

The investigation and manipulation of matter on the atomic scale have been revolutionised by scanning tunnelling microscopy and related scanning probe techniques. This book is the first to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to this subject. Beginning with the theoretical background of scanning tunnelling microscopy, the design and instrumentation of practical STM and associated systems are described in detail, as are the applications of these techniques in fields such as condensed matter physics, chemistry, biology, and nanotechnology. Containing 350 illustrations, and over 1200 references, this unique book represents an ideal introduction to the subject for final-year undergraduates in physics or materials science. It will also be invaluable to graduate students and researchers in any branch of science where scanning probe techniques are used.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521428475
• ISBN13: 9780521428477
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 660 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

My opinion about "Scannig Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy".

This book is one of the principal lectures that every research need to understand "Scanning probe apparatus". Its content refer all the different areas of actual interest and the different type of measurements that actually could be make with this type of system. This book is more than a simple introduction in this wonderful area of physics. For all this reasons I thing that is one of the most important books that every research have to read.