Microscope: Scanning Probe - Variable Temperature
Quick Specs
- Comprises multiple complementary probes
- Includes STM, AES, XPS, and more
Sample Characterization Tools
Schematic model of TiO2(110) surface
This state-of-the art surface science tool comprises multiple complementary probes of surface phenomena. The system includes a pair of interlocked ultrahigh vacuum chambers-scanning probe chamber and sample preparation/characterization chamber with the capabilities indicated in the accompanying list.
Omicron variable temperature ultrahigh vacuum scanning probe microscope instrument featuring STM and NC-AFM.
STM image of TiO2(110) surface
Scanning probe chamber:
- Scanning tunneling microscopy(STM)
- Non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM)
Sample preparation chamber:
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
- Auge electron spectroscopy (AES)
- Scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM)
- Low energy electron diffraction (LEED)
Sample Preparation/dosing Tools
Scanning probe chamber:
- Annealing and cooling
- Doser
- UV Light
Sample preparation chamber:
- Oxygen-plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy (OPA-MBE)
- Quartz microbalance (QMB)
- Ion Sputtering
- Quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS)
- Tip treatment
- Gas Inlet System
All Related Publications Related Publications
- Understanding the nature of surface nitrates in BaO/gamma-Al2O3 NOx storage materials: A combined experimental and theoretical study .
- Imaging Consecutive Steps of O2 Reaction with Hydroxylated TiO₂(110): Identification of HO₂ and Terminal OH Intermediates.
- Antibody recognition force microscopy shows that outer membrane cytochromes OmcA and MtrC are expressed on the exterior surface of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1.
- Reaction of NO2 with a pure, thick BaO film: the effect of temperature on the nature of NOx species formed.
- BaO/Al2O3/NiAl(110) Model NOx Storage Materials: the effect of BaO film thickness on the amorphous-to-crystalline Ba(NO3)2 phase transition.
