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Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy

Proceedings of the International Conference, and Symposium on Electron Tunneling University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, May 25–27, 1977

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  • © 1978

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  1. Thomas Wolfram

    1. College of Arts and Science, Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 4)

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Review of Inelastic Electron Tunneling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy (IETS) — Past and Future

      • R. C. Jaklevic
      Pages 2-12

    3. Survey of Applications of Tunneling Spectroscopy

      • P. K. Hansma
      Pages 13-21

  3. Applications of Inelastic Electron Tunneling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Application of IETS to Surface Chemistry and Heterogeneous Catalysis

      • W. Henry Weinberg
      Pages 24-33

    3. IETS with Applications to Biology and Surface Physics

      • R. V. Coleman, James M. Clark, C. S. Korman
      Pages 34-60

    4. Application of IETS to Trace Substance Detection

      • Arthur Yelon
      Pages 61-69

    5. Application of IETS to the Study of Adhesion

      • H. W. White, L. M. Godwin, T. Wolfram
      Pages 70-77

  4. Theoretical Aspects of Electron Tunneling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Theoretical Interpretation of IETS Data

      • J. Kirtley
      Pages 80-91

    3. A Model for Electron-Molecule Interaction in IETS

      • J. Rath, T. Wolfram
      Pages 92-102

    4. Theory of Surface-Plasmon Excitation by Electron Tunneling

      • L. C. Davis
      Pages 103-111

    5. Inelastic Scattering of Low Energy Electron Beams by Surface Vibrations: The Nature of Image Force

      • D. L. Mills
      Pages 112-124

    6. Effect of Cooperative Behavior on Molecular Vibrational IETS Peak Intensities

      • Stephen L. Cunningham, W. Henry Weinberg, John R. Hardy
      Pages 125-128

    7. The Golden Rule Formalism in Electron Tunneling Can It Be Justified?

      • T. E. Feuchtwang
      Pages 129-143

    8. Calculations of Inelastic Tunneling Cross Sections Using Self-Consistent Multiple Scattering Techniques

      • J. W. Davenport, W. Ho, J. Kirtley, J. R. Schrieffer
      Pages 144-144

  5. Discussions and Comments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. The Technology of IETS

      • J. G. Adler, M. K. Konkin, R. Magno
      Pages 146-153

    3. Problems in the Biological Sciences

      • Louis Sherman
      Pages 154-156
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Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscop~ or lETS, provides a unique technique for electronically monitoring the vibrational modes of molecul (;5 adsorbed on a metal oxide surface. Since the discovery of the phenomena by JAKLEVIC and LM1BE in 1966, lETS has been developed by a number of scientists as a method for studying the surface chemistry of molecular species adsorbed on aluminum oxide. Recent applications of lETS include investigations of physical and chemical adsorption of hydrocarbons, studies of catalysis by metal particles, detection and identification of trace substances in air and water, and studies of biological molecules and electron damage to such molecules. lETS has been employed to investigate adhesive materials, and studies are currently in prog­ ress to investigate corrosion species and corrosion inhibitors on aluminum and its alloys. Electronic transitions of molecules have also been studied by lETS. The recent development of the "external doping" technique, whereby molecu­ lar species can be introduced into fabricated tunnel junctions, opens the door for a vast new array of surface chemical studies by lETS. lETS is rap­ idly becoming an important tool for the study of surface and interface phe­ nomena. In addition to its role in surface studies, inelastic tunneling has proved extremely valuable for the study of the electronic properties of thin metallic films, and the recent discovery of light emission from inelastic tunneling promises to be of some importance in the area of device physics.

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  • College of Arts and Science, Department of Physics, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, USA

    Thomas Wolfram

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