STM/AFM Images and Tunneling Spectra of Nd_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4-y} Single Crystals

• Authors: B. Susła , W. Sadowski , T. Klimczuk , R. Czajka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The results of the scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy as well as atomic force microscopy measurements on the Nd_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4-y} single crystals in ambient conditions are reported. Using the scanning tunneling microscopy we were able to modify the Nd_{2-x}Ce_{x}CuO_{4-y} ab-plane in air under the conditions of sample bias voltage V_{t}=500 mV and set current I_{s}=0.3 nA. It is possible to prepare atomically flat and clean surfaces as well as to create new structures in a nanometer scale in these electron-doped materials. The similar processes were not observed during atomic force microscopy imaging.

Keywords

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61.16.Ch; 74.72.Jt; 68.35.Bs

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1997
• Volume: 92
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 209-214

Dates

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1997-07

Contributors

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B. Susła

• Institute of Physics, Poznań Universityof Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznań, Poland

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W. Sadowski

• Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Technical University of Gdańsk, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland

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T. Klimczuk

• Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Technical University of Gdańsk, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland

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R. Czajka

• Institute of Physics, Poznań Universityof Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznań, Poland