scanning tunneling microscopy

collocation in English

meaningsofscan,tunnelandmicroscopy

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scan
noun
uk
/skæn/us
/skæn/
a careful or quick look ...
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tunnel
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʌn.əl/us
/ˈtʌn.əl/
a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made ...
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microscopy
noun[U]
uk
/maɪˈkrɒs.kə.pi/us
/maɪˈkrɑː.skə.pi/
the use, design, or production ...
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Both are usually estimated using data derived by scanningtunnelingmicroscopyfrom different surface specimens.
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She also designed and built peripheral components for a variable temperature, ultra-high vacuum scanningtunnelingmicroscopysystem.
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With a time-lapse series of scanningtunnelingmicroscopyimages, they determined the molecules undergo adsorption, dissociation and diffusion before reacting.
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In scanningtunnelingmicroscopy, a metal tip is moved over a conducting sample without making mechanical contact.
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When dispersed on a gold surface, the molecules attach themselves to the surface via their fullerene groups and are detected via scanningtunnelingmicroscopy.
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Over the years, his research has involved such areas as laser spectroscopy, surface physics and chemistry, scanningtunnelingmicroscopy, atom manipulation, and nanoelectronics.
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Two experimental techniques that have proved very useful in this area of study are field ion microscopy and scanningtunnelingmicroscopy.
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Atomic resolution real-space images of isolated, single-layer graphene on substrates are available via scanningtunnelingmicroscopy.
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Various analytical tools may be used to elucidate surface diffusion mechanisms and rates, the most important of which are field ion microscopy and scanningtunnelingmicroscopy.
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His research is mainly in the field of nanotechnology scanningtunnelingmicroscopy, where his work focuses on scanning probe microscopy techniques, and molecular nano-structure, as well as nanotechnology research.
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He pioneered the use of scanningtunnelingmicroscopyand spectroscopy to study surface chemistry on the atomic scale, and establish the relation between chemical reactivity and local electronic structure.
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His primary research tool has been variable-temperature scanningtunnelingmicroscopy.
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