Design of a low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope system used to examine graphene nanomembranes

This thesis describes the design and assembly of a low-temperature UHV-system including a scanning tunneling microscope. It operates at a temperature of 5 K and at a base pressure of 10^-8 Pa. Using this microscope, I have examined the mechanical behavior of graphene nanomembranes under the influence of tip-induced forces. Two types of behavior were found, which can be explained using a model including electrostatic and van-der-Waals forces.

Grantor dc:publisher

Publikationsserver der RWTH Aachen University

Year dc:date

2010

Author dc:creator

• Mashoff, Torge

Contributors dc:contributor

• Morgenstern, Markus

• info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/530
• Rastertunnelmikroskop
• Rastertunnelmikroskopie
• Graphen
• Membran
• Ultrahochvakuum
• Tieftemperatur
• Physik
• STM
• microscope
• graphene
• nanomembrane

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-CONV-124690%22

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:publications.rwth-aachen.de:63246