1. Crystal structures of insulating surfaces. 1.1. Halide surfaces. 1.2. Oxide surfaces -- 2. Preparation techniques of insulating surfaces. 2.1. Ultra high vacuum. 2.2. Preparation of bulk insulating surfaces. 2.3. Deposition of insulating films, metals and organic molecules --…
Ionic crystals are among the simplest structures in nature. They can be easily cleaved in air and in vacuum, and the resulting surfaces are atomically flat on areas hundreds of nanometers wide. With the development of scanning probe microscopy, these surfaces have become an idea…
Ionic crystals are among the simplest structures in nature. They can be easily cleaved in air and in vacuum, and the resulting surfaces are atomically flat on areas hundreds of nanometers wide. With the development of scanning probe microscopy, these surfaces have become an idea…