Scanning tunneling and scanning electron microscopy investigations of nonuniform surfaces

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Abstract

We have used scanning tunneling microscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy in order to study nonuniform surfaces of new materials like icosahedral alloys and high-Tc superconductors. For such systems the interpretation of topographical images recorded with a scanning tunneling microscope is substantially eased by initial investigations with a scanning electron microscope. The experimental results obtained from a micrometer down to a subnanometer scale may shed light on the structure and formation process of icosahedral alloys and high-Tc superconductors.

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