Design and Construction

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h1. Guiding Principles Overview of this the STM design



If you're unfamiliar with the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope, an excellent place to start is (naturally enough) the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_tunneling_microscope

h1. Main building blocks of the STM

h2. High frequency vibration isolator

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h2. Piezotube and sample mount

h2. Coarse positioner mechanism and probe holder

h2. Piezotube and coarse positioner support

h2. Bias voltage module

h2. Tunnelling current amplifier

h2. Control module