Mechanism of Imaging Molecules in the Field Ion Microscope
- 1 February 1972
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 43 (2) , 662-664
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1661174
Abstract
It is proposed that the mechanism of imaging of molecules involves electron tunnelling from the image-gas ground state to the lowest unoccupied level of the intervening molecule and Zener breakdown through the molecule to the Fermi level of the metal-tip substrate. This mechanism is shown to be in quantitative agreement with the observed imaging fields and to account for the other experimental observations.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Surface reactions induced by field ionization of organic moleculesSurface Science, 1970
- Some Observations on Low-Temperature Field-Ion MicroscopyJournal of Applied Physics, 1966