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SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY (STS)

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Handbook of Applied Solid State Spectroscopy

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The nanoscale world is exciting because it is governed by rules different than those in the macroscopic, or even microscopic, realm. It is a world where quantum mechanics dominates the scene and events on the single molecule— or even single atom—scale are critical. What we know about the behavior of material on our scale is no longer true on the nanometer scale and our formularies must be rewritten. In order to study this quantum world, a quantum mechanical probe is essential. Electron tunneling provides such a quantum mechanical tool.

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