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Investigative Techniques > Microscopy > Microscopy, Scanning Probe > Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Diagnostic Imaging > Microscopy > Microscopy, Scanning Probe > Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Engineering > Optics and Photonics > Microscopy > Microscopy, Scanning Probe > Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling
... > Natural Science Disciplines > Physics > Optics and Photonics > Microscopy > Microscopy, Scanning Probe > Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling

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Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Microscopies, Scanning Tunneling
  • Microscopies, Scanning Tunnelling
  • Microscopy, Scanning Tunnelling
  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopies
  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
  • Scanning Tunnelling Microscopies
  • Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy
  • Tunneling Microscopies, Scanning
  • Tunneling Microscopy, Scanning
  • Tunnelling Microscopies, Scanning
  • Tunnelling Microscopy, Scanning

Scope note

  • A type of scanning probe microscopy in which a very sharp conducting needle is swept just a few angstroms above the surface of a sample. The tiny tunneling current that flows between the sample and the needle tip is measured, and from this are produced three-dimensional topographs. Due to the poor electron conductivity of most biological samples, thin metal coatings are deposited on the sample.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016252

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