Inelastic electron tunnelling spectroscopy at semiconductor/insulator interfaces. KU Leuven
Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) represents one of the most powerful techniques for interface characterization at the nanometer scale. The basic principle of IETS entails detection of inelastic scattering processes encountered by electron tunnelling through an interface. The characteristic scattering energies can be directly associated with the energy of molecular vibrations, enabling identification of chemical bonds at/near the ...