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View submission: STM image (Pt(110)−(1×2) surface)
As someone who got to play with an STM for a whole year (master thesis), they’re as exactly as cool as you’re anticipating (when they aren’t breaking)
Comment by IrregularBastard at 17/08/2023 at 23:54 UTC
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Lol that’s every instrument. When they are working they’re great. When they aren’t you want to take a hammer to them.
Comment by Periodic_Disorder at 18/08/2023 at 10:01 UTC
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They are the very definition of temprimental
Comment by [deleted] at 18/08/2023 at 00:06 UTC
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Yeah I did an internship this year and used one of them, they are very cool but sometimes there are problems with the tip, you do an electronic spectroscopy and you have an insulator-type profile whereas you want a conductive profile
Vibrations can influence a lot also the images
Comment by abloblololo at 19/08/2023 at 08:27 UTC
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Crashing tips all day…