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Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

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Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) is a vibrational spectroscopy method.

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    Akitoshi Shiotari

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Shiotari, A. (2018). Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy. In: The Surface Science Society of Japan (eds) Compendium of Surface and Interface Analysis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6156-1_46

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