Scanning Probe Microscopy - Analytical Methods provides a comprehensive overview of the analytical methods on the nanometer scale based on scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy. Numerous examples of applications of the chemical contrast mechanism down to the atomic scale in surface physics and chemistry are discussed with extensive references to original work in the recent literature.

This reference book describes latest developments in high resolution microscopy. It includes new results in the field of scanning probe microscopy. Also it provides an overview of the analytical methods on microscopic and analytical methods.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Chemical Information from Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy.- 3. Thermovoltages in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.- 4. Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.- 5. Photon Emission from the Scanning Tunneling Microscope.- 6. Laser Scanning Tunneling Microscope.- 7. Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy.