Scanning tunneling microscopy surface nanostructuring

Nanostructured materials have also been formed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) [24], scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) [25], and atomic force microscopy (AFM) [26], Recent reports on the modification of atomic sites at bare surfaces by STM [27] and the formation of nanometer-scale defects by STM [28] and AFM [29] illustrate the power of these techniques. 

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Morgenstern, K. (2005) Fast scanning tunnelling microscopy as a tool to understand changes on metal surfaces. From nanostructures to single atoms. Phys. Status Solidi B, 242, 773-796. 

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