High-resolution scanning tunneling microscope and its adaptation for local thermopower measurements in 2D materials

Jose D. Bermúdez-Perez; Edwin Herrera-Vasco; Javier Casas-Salgado; Hector A. Castelblanco; Karen Vega-Bustos; Gabriel Cardenas-Chirivi; Oscar L. Herrera-Sandoval; Hermann Suderow; Paula Giraldo-Gallo; Jose Augusto Galvis

doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2024.113963

High-resolution scanning tunneling microscope and its adaptation for local thermopower measurements in 2D materials

Jose D. Bermúdez-Perez
, Edwin Herrera-Vasco
, Javier Casas-Salgado
, Hector A. Castelblanco
, Karen Vega-Bustos
, Gabriel Cardenas-Chirivi
, Oscar L. Herrera-Sandoval
, Hermann Suderow
, Paula Giraldo-Gallo
, Jose Augusto Galvis

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Abstract

We present the design, fabrication and discuss the performance of a new combined high-resolution Scanning Tunneling and Thermopower Microscope (STM/SThEM). We also describe the development of the electronic control, the user interface, the vacuum system, and arrangements to reduce acoustical noise and vibrations. We demonstrate the microscope's performance with atomic-resolution topographic images of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and local thermopower measurements in the semimetal Bi₂Te₃. Our system offers a tool to investigate the relationship between electronic structure and thermoelectric properties at the nanoscale.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	113963
Journal	Ultramicroscopy
Volume	261
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2024.113963
State	Published - Jul 2024

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation

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Bermúdez-Perez, J. D., Herrera-Vasco, E., Casas-Salgado, J., Castelblanco, H. A., Vega-Bustos, K., Cardenas-Chirivi, G., Herrera-Sandoval, O. L., Suderow, H., Giraldo-Gallo, P., & Galvis, J. A. (2024). High-resolution scanning tunneling microscope and its adaptation for local thermopower measurements in 2D materials. Ultramicroscopy, 261, Article 113963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2024.113963

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High-resolution scanning tunneling microscope and its adaptation for local thermopower measurements in 2D materials

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