Intensity studies of inelastic electron tunneling spectra Academic Article

abstract

• Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) using metal-insulator-metal (MIM) tunnel junctions is an established technique for studying the vibrational modes of molecules adsorbed on metal surfaces. We are examining a new geometry for IETS in which the oxide layer of the MIM junction is replaced by an atomically thin gas film. "Clean" junctions in which the barrier is composed of pure neon exhibit Ohmic behavior except in the region near zero bias. When the neon barrier is doped with acetylene molecules, we observe peaks corresponding to the vibrational modes of these molecules. An analysis of the inelastic peak intensities indicates that dipole scattering is not the principle mechanism of the electron-molecule interaction in this geometry. 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

authors

• Agnolet, Glenn

published proceedings

• PHYSICA B

author list (cited authors)

• Agnolet, G., & Zimmerman, D. T.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Agnolet, G||Zimmerman, DT

publication date

• July 2000

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physica B: Condensed Matter  Journal

keywords

• Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy
• Molecular Vibrational Spectroscopy
• Point Contact Spectroscopy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02862-8

start page

• 1842

end page

• 1843

volume

• 284

issue

• PART II

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0921-4526(99)02862-8