- Title Pages
- Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
- Dedication
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Gallery
- Chapter 1 Overview
- Part I Principles
- Chapter 2 Tunneling Phenomenon
- Chapter 3 Tunneling Matrix Elements
- Chapter 4 Atomic Forces
- Chapter 5 Atomic Forces and Tunneling
- Chapter 6 Nanometer-Scale Imaging
- Chapter 7 Atomic-Scale Imaging
- Chapter 8 Nanomechanical Effects
- Part II Instrumentation
- Chapter 9 Piezoelectric Scanner
- Chapter 10 Vibration Isolation
- Chapter 11 Electronics and Control
- Chapter 12 Mechanical design
- Chapter 13 Tip Treatment
- Chapter 14 Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
- Chapter 15 Atomic Force Microscopy
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Bibliography
- Index
Mechanical design
Mechanical design
- Chapter:
- (p.299) Chapter 12 Mechanical design
- Source:
- Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- Author(s):
C. Julian Chen
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses various mechanical designs for STM and AFM. The central piece of the mechanical design of STM and AFM is the course positioner. Therefore, various types of course positioners are also discussed. The louse and the pocket-size STM are discussed first. It is of significant historical importance but no longer popular today. The single-tube STM has a very simple mechanical structure, and still the basis of the most popular commercial STM and AFM. The Besocke-type or the beetles is very popular among builders of special-purpose STM due its immunity to temperature variation and vibration. For STM requiring superb stability, the walker and the kangaroo are the preferred design. The commercial nanostepper, the Inchworm, is described. It has been successfully used by many designers of special-purpose STM.
Keywords: coarse positioner, nanostepper, louse, pocket-size STM, single-tube STM, Besocke design, beetle, walker, kangaroo, the Inchworm
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- Title Pages
- Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials
- Dedication
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Gallery
- Chapter 1 Overview
- Part I Principles
- Chapter 2 Tunneling Phenomenon
- Chapter 3 Tunneling Matrix Elements
- Chapter 4 Atomic Forces
- Chapter 5 Atomic Forces and Tunneling
- Chapter 6 Nanometer-Scale Imaging
- Chapter 7 Atomic-Scale Imaging
- Chapter 8 Nanomechanical Effects
- Part II Instrumentation
- Chapter 9 Piezoelectric Scanner
- Chapter 10 Vibration Isolation
- Chapter 11 Electronics and Control
- Chapter 12 Mechanical design
- Chapter 13 Tip Treatment
- Chapter 14 Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
- Chapter 15 Atomic Force Microscopy
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Appendix E
- Bibliography
- Index