Photoexcitation effects on scanning tunneling microscope images of surface oxide layer of titanium

Hiroyuki Sugimura; Noboru Kitamura; Hiroshi Masuhara

doi:10.1143/JJAP.31.L1506

Photoexcitation effects on scanning tunneling microscope images of surface oxide layer of titanium

Hiroyuki Sugimura, Noboru Kitamura, Hiroshi Masuhara^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was applied to observe a surface oxide layer of titanium in air. When a sample bias voltage was set at —0.2 V, the STM tip penetrated into the surface oxide damaged the sample, while clear and stable images of the surface Ti0₂ layer were obtained under photoexcitation. The results were discussed in terms of enhanced electric conductivity of the oxide layer under photoexcitation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L1506-L1508
Journal	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	31
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.31.L1506
State	Published - 1 Jan 1992

Keywords

Photoexcitation effect
Scanning tunneling microscopy
Semiconductor
Titanium
Titanium dioxide

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