title: Coupling scanning tunneling microscope and supersonic molecular beams: a unique tool for in situ investigation of the morphology of activated systems.
abstract: We report here on a new experimental apparatus combining a commercial low temperature scanning tunneling microscope with a supersonic molecular beam. This setup provides a unique tool for the in situ investigation of the topography of activated adsorption systems and opens thus new interesting perspectives. It has been tested towards the formation of the O/Ag(110) added rows reconstruction and of their hydroxylation, comparing data recorded upon O(2) exposure at thermal and hyperthermal energies.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Genova Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smerieri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reichelt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Savio
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vattuone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rocca