Atomic and nanometer-scale modification of materials : fundamentals and applications

Atom manipulation with the scanning tunneling microscope STM-induced modification and electrical properties of surfaces on the atomic and nanometer scales alkali metals on III - V (110) semiconductor surfaces - overlayer properties and manipulation via STM field ion evaporation from tip and sample in the STM for atomic-scale surface modification writing of local, electrically active structures in amorphous silicon films by STM atomic-scale imaging and modification of spins using a magnetic-sensitive STM physics and chemistry in high electric fields field-induced transfer of an atom between two closely spaced electrodes vibrational heating and atom transfer with the STM tip-induced modifications of electronic and atomic structure field emission from single-atom protrusion tips - electron spectroscopy and local heating four-point resistance measurements of wires written with a scanning tunneling microscope high resolution patterning with the STM AFM data storage using thermomechanical writing BEEM - a probe of nanoscale modification nanoscale fashioning of materials growth and in-situ processing of low dimensional quantum structures quantum dot fabrication by optical lithography and selective etching high frequency (MHz) nanoactuators for tips and tip-arrays light pressure lithography semiconductor quantum dot resonant tunneling spectroscopy single electron effects in small metallic tunnel junctions fabrication and electric conductance of a finite atomic gold wire - a theoretical study structure, dynamics and electronic properties of molecular nanostructures observed by STM the modification of semi-conductor surfaces by molecular self-assembly molecular self-assembly and micromachining characterization of the interaction of C60 with Au (111) molecular and cellular organizates on the electrode surface for electronic control of their functions characterization and application of nanoscale artifacts in scanning tunneling microscopy.