MTC1.3 Scanning probe microscopy

Key instruments:

Instrument: Createc LT-STM with own development

Ultra high vacuum chamber comprising a low-temperature (5 K) scanning tunneling microscope and standard surface science preparation tools

Typical applications: atomic-scale characterization of surface structures of conducting samples, atomic and molecular manipulation and Scanning tunneling spectroscopy.

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Auwärter
PI's field of research Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials
Contact person Dr. Knud Seufert
Tel. +49 89 289 12823
E-Mail knud.seufert@tum.de
Availability cooperation
Lead time depending on sample

Instrument: Specs JT-STM

Ultra high vacuum chamber comprising a low-temperature (down to 1.2 K) scanning tunneling microscope with surface science preparation tools and growth facilities

Typical applications: atomic-scale characterization of surface structures of conducting samples, atomic and molecular manipulation and high-resolution scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Johannes V. Barth
PI's field of research Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials, quantum materials
Contact person Dr. Joachim Reichert
Tel. +49 89 289 12823
E-Mail joachim.reichert@tum.de
Availability cooperation
Lead time depending on sample materials, preparation and fabrication protocols

Instrument: Createc ncAFM with own development

Ultrahigh vacuum apparatus with a low-temperature (5 K) combined atomic force and scanning tunneling microscope, and standard surface science preparation tools

Typical applications: bond-resolved imaging of adsorbed molecular species and their interfacial architectures, single-molecule chemistry and on-surface reactions, exploration of novel materials and hybrid architectures.

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Johannes V. Barth
PI's field of research Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials
Contact person Dr. Knud Seufert
Tel. +49 89 289 12823
E-Mail knud.seufert@tum.de
Availability cooperation
Lead time depending on sample material and preparation protocols

Instrument: STM-SPS

Ultra high vacuum chamber comprising a room-temperature scanning tunneling microscope and a non-monochromatized X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy setup

Typical applications: characterization of surface morphologies of conducting samples, elemental analysis of samples by XPS

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Auwärter
PI's field of research Molecular nanoscience, low-dimensional materials
Contact person Dr. Knud Seufert
Tel. +49 89 289 12823
E-Mail knud.seufert@tum.de
Availability cooperation
Lead time depending on sample

Instrument: EC-STM/AFM

STM/AFM device coupled with potentiostat, enables in-situ investigation of the material surface

Typical applications: Electrocatalysis, dynamic surface probing

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Aliaksandr Bandarenka
PI's field of research Electrocatalysis
Contact person Regina Kluge
Tel. +49 89 289 12529
E-Mail regina.kluge@ph.tum.de
Availability cooperation
Lead time depending on material

Instrument: EC STM-AFM

Scanning Tunneling Microscope with AFM option

Typical application: in-situ determination of surface structure and topology of electrochemical interfaces

Principal investigator Prof. Dr. Katharina Krischer
PI's field of research Self-organization at interfaces, Electrocatalysis
Contact person Simon Stork
Tel. +49 89 289 13877
E-Mail simon.stork@tum.de
Availability cooperation & pay-by-use
Lead time depending on application