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Physical mechanism of hydrogen deposition from a scanning tunneling microscopy tip

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, and subsequently deposited onto the surface by the application of -8.5 V 300 ms pulses to the sample. The physical mechanisms involved are hydrogen diffusion on the tip via field-gradient-induced diffusion and hydrogen deposition due to electronic excitation.

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  1. Yamamoto Quantum Fluctuation Project, ERATO, JST, NTT Musashino R&D Center, 3-9-11 Midoricho, Musashino, Tokyo 180, Japan (Fax: +81-422/36-0555, E-mail: dehuan@yqfp.jst.go.jp), , , , , , JP

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Received: 7 November 1996/Accepted: 12 February 1997

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Huang, D., Yamamoto, Y. Physical mechanism of hydrogen deposition from a scanning tunneling microscopy tip . Appl Phys A 64, 419–422 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390050499

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