{
  "id": "1104.4170",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-04-21T05:25:43.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-04-21T05:25:43.000Z",
  "title": "Self-navigation of STM tip toward a micron sized sample",
  "authors": [
    "Guohong Li",
    "Adina Luican",
    "Eva Y. Andrei"
  ],
  "comment": "11 pages, 4 figures",
  "journal": "Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 073701 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.3605485",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We demonstrate a simple capacitive based method to quickly and efficiently locate micron size conductive samples on insulating substrates in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). By using edge recognition the method is designed to locate and identify small features when the STM tip is far above the surface allowing for crash-free search and navigation. The method can be implemented in any STM environment even at low temperatures and in strong magnetic field, with minimal or no hardware modifications.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-04-21T05:25:43.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "52.70.-m",
      "52.57.Kk",
      "28.52.Cx"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "micron sized sample",
      "stm tip",
      "self-navigation",
      "strong magnetic field",
      "locate micron size conductive samples"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "AIP",
      "journal": "Review of Scientific Instruments",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Jul",
      "volume": 82,
      "number": 7,
      "pages": 3501
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 11,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011RScI...82g3501L"
    }
  }
}