Original scientific paper

STM investigations of contaminated and clean V(100) surface

Marko Kralj ; Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Pervan ; Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia
Milorad Milun ; Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia
Joerg Schneider ; Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Bonn, Germany
Bernhard Schaefer ; Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Bonn, Germany
Axel Rosenhahn ; Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Bonn, Germany
Klaus Wandelt ; Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Bonn, Germany

Abstract

Scanning tunneling microscopy is used to characterize different states of the V(100) surface during the cleaning procedure in an ultrahigh vacuum apparatus, starting with the "as received" sample and finishing with an almost perfectly clean surface. We show, for the first time, STM images of the clean V(100) surface and with atomic resolution.

Keywords

scanning tunneling microscopy; STM; vanadium; surface structure; V(100) surface

Hrčak ID:

300965

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/300965

Publication date:

1.7.1999.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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