A portable microevaporator for low temperature single atom studies by scanning tunneling and dynamic force microscopy.

Revealing the hidden atom in graphite by low-temperature atomic force microscopy.

Carbon, the backbone material of life on Earth, comes in three modifications: diamond, graphite, and fullerenes. Diamond develops tetrahedral sp3 bonds, forming a cubic crystal structure, whereas graphite and fullerenes are characterized by planar sp2 bonds. Polycrystalline graphite is the basis for many products of everyday life: pencils, lubricants, batteries, arc lamps, and brushes for elect...

U.S.-Japan Young Scientists Symposium on BioNanotechnology

Atom Manipulation at Room Temperature Using Atomic Force Microscopy Masayuki Abe, Osaka University [email protected] Creation of artificial atomic structure formed on a surface by scanning tunneling microscopy has given us possibilities in future nanoengineering. These experiments of lateral atom manipulation, however, have been demonstrated only at low temperature. So far, at room tem...

Combined scanning force microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy of an electronic nano-circuit at very low temperature

Atomic force microscopy as a tool for atom manipulation.

During the past 20 years, the manipulation of atoms and molecules at surfaces has allowed the construction and characterization of model systems that could, potentially, act as building blocks for future nanoscale devices. The majority of these experiments were performed with scanning tunnelling microscopy at cryogenic temperatures. Recently, it has been shown that another scanning probe techni...

Low voltage scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy: state-of-the-art microscopy techniques for investigations of polymer single crystals

Recent studies on organization and reorganization of polymer single crystals have contributed to the actual discussion on novel approaches towards understanding polymer crystallization and melting. In this context, low voltage scanning electron microscopy (LVSEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) demonstrate their importance for the investigation of polymer crystals. Both techniques are able to...