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An appraisal of the present position and future potential of inelastic electron tunnelling spectroscopy (IETS)
Author(s) -
Shott P. N.,
Field B. O.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.740010205
Subject(s) - inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy , quantum tunnelling , spectroscopy , chemistry , nanotechnology , engineering physics , materials science , optoelectronics , physics , scanning tunneling spectroscopy , quantum mechanics
The present position regarding the preparation of junctions suitable for IETS investigation and the various doping procedures is outlined, and a comparison is drawn between IETS and other surface spectroscopies. A survey of the systems already studied of interest in the fields of surface chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, analytical chemistry and environmental pollution monitoring, adhesion science, radiation damage, biological chemistry and electronic energy level studies is presented. The parameters thought to affect the development of this technique and some potential applications to corrosion inhibitors and metal protection, lubrication studies, solid‐state devices and photochemical energy converters are considered.