Difference between revisions of "Atomic microscope"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(direct link to pdf of referenced article; link to reference.) |
(elricdro) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | varnonoelt | ||
Whatever happened to the homebrew Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) project? | Whatever happened to the homebrew Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) project? | ||
''I don't know. I guess I will try to re-create the project here.'' | ''I don't know. I guess I will try to re-create the project here.'' | ||
| Line 33: | Line 34: | ||
== further reading == | == further reading == | ||
| − | * [http://sxm4.uni-muenster.de Detailed plans for a STM from | + | * [http://sxm4.uni-muenster.de Detailed plans for a STM from Universität Münster] |
* [http://scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/ The Science of Spectroscopy wiki has some information on atomic force microscopes] | * [http://scienceofspectroscopy.info/edit/ The Science of Spectroscopy wiki has some information on atomic force microscopes] | ||
* Wikibooks has [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Nanotechnology/Scanning_probe_microscopy a chapter on Scanning probe microscopy] | * Wikibooks has [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Nanotechnology/Scanning_probe_microscopy a chapter on Scanning probe microscopy] | ||
Revision as of 12:41, 6 January 2009
varnonoelt Whatever happened to the homebrew Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) project? I don't know. I guess I will try to re-create the project here.
I remember someone posted plans for an atomic-resolution scanning microscope on the web. Too bad his website went offline.
Juergen Mueller has some detailed plans. http://www.e-basteln.de/
Parts needed for an STM:
- computer
- computer-to-analog interface
- analog to high-voltage analog amplifiers
- piezo tube (are there any other alternatives for atomic-resolution positioning?)
- mounting hardware
- vibration isolation hardware (cases, rubber feet, bungee cords, etc.)
- tips (there seem to be a wide variety of prices)
- ... what am I missing ? ...
What's the total cost?
I've heard that some people run their STMs "in solution", the tip of the probe scanning the bottom of a dish of water. So, contrary to popular belief, you do *not* need a vacuum chamber. Some can run successfully in air, too.
... help fill in the details ...
software
- Gwyddion ( http://gwyddion.net/ ) is a modular program for SPM (scanning probe microscopy) data visualization and analysis. Gwyddion is intended for analysis of height fields obtained by means of scanning probe microscopy techniques (AFM, MFM, STM, SNOM/NSOM), but generally it can be used for any other height field and image analysis. GPL.
further reading
- Detailed plans for a STM from Universität Münster
- The Science of Spectroscopy wiki has some information on atomic force microscopes
- Wikibooks has a chapter on Scanning probe microscopy
- Wikipedia has a nice introduction to various forms of Wikipedia: Scanning probe microscopy such as Wikipedia: Scanning tunneling microscope, Wikipedia: Electrostatic force microscope, Wikipedia: Atomic nanoscope etc.
- the Wikimedia Commons has some STM-related images
- "If you buy a microscope for the home what level of detail would one be able to see?" gives these references for "building your own Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)":
- 1. Lewis et al. "Student Scanning Tunneling Microscope" Am. J. Phys, 59(1), 38-42. (1991)
- 2. Dieter W. Pohl, "Some design criteria in scanning tunneling microscopy", IBM J. Res. Dev., 30(4), 417-427, (1986)
- 3. Binnig & Rohrer, "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy" IBM J. Res. Dev., 30(4), 355-369, (1986)
- 4. Binnig & Smith, "Single-Tube Three-Dimensional Scanner for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 57(8), 1688-1689, (1986)
- 5. Sears et al., "A Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Undergraduate Laboratories", Computers in Physics Jul/Aug, 427-430, (1990)
- IBM research has published many articles about microscope design, including the above Pohl article.
