Comments on: STM is Working! http://www.ilovephysics.com/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/ Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Christopher Moore http://www.ilovephysics.com/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-73041 Christopher Moore Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:24:43 +0000 http://www.ilovephysics.com/archives/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/#comment-73041 Matt, you must not have read the original posts on the STM. We built the thing out of scrap aluminum and washers for less than $100. However, there is actually an ounce of publishable work. The electronics will serve as the foundation for an apparatus that I am designing for a tunneling through a potential barrier experiment aimed towards the undergraduate modern lab. I'll probably publish that in AJP when I finish the prototype this summer. My start-up funds so far have gotten me tapping mode AFM, a source-measure unit for films, a sputter-deposition system, and a few power supplies. I still have to figure out how to spend next years allotment. Keep in mind, also, that I am at a primarily undergrad institution. Our start-up packages are MUCH smaller, and or research expectations are much lower. Matt, you must not have read the original posts on the STM. We built the thing out of scrap aluminum and washers for less than $100.

However, there is actually an ounce of publishable work. The electronics will serve as the foundation for an apparatus that I am designing for a tunneling through a potential barrier experiment aimed towards the undergraduate modern lab. I’ll probably publish that in AJP when I finish the prototype this summer.

My start-up funds so far have gotten me tapping mode AFM, a source-measure unit for films, a sputter-deposition system, and a few power supplies. I still have to figure out how to spend next years allotment. Keep in mind, also, that I am at a primarily undergrad institution. Our start-up packages are MUCH smaller, and or research expectations are much lower.

]]> By: Matt Sievert http://www.ilovephysics.com/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-73035 Matt Sievert Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:34:04 +0000 http://www.ilovephysics.com/archives/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/#comment-73035 Not viable for research? That's disappointing. This isn't coming out of your startup funds, is it? Not viable for research? That’s disappointing. This isn’t coming out of your startup funds, is it?

]]> By: Christopher Moore http://www.ilovephysics.com/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-72519 Christopher Moore Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:13:34 +0000 http://www.ilovephysics.com/archives/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/#comment-72519 I have wanted to build one for a while now. Donald got to do most of the fun part, though. There's not an ounce of publishable research that this thing is capable of, but it was fun. I hope THE Ohio State is treating you well. I wonder if Ben still wanders around here. He was (or still is) a string guy at THE Ohio State. I have wanted to build one for a while now. Donald got to do most of the fun part, though. There’s not an ounce of publishable research that this thing is capable of, but it was fun.

I hope THE Ohio State is treating you well. I wonder if Ben still wanders around here. He was (or still is) a string guy at THE Ohio State.

]]> By: Matt Sievert http://www.ilovephysics.com/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/comment-page-1/#comment-72385 Matt Sievert Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:18:16 +0000 http://www.ilovephysics.com/archives/2008/04/19/stm-is-working/#comment-72385 Congratulations, Chris! Just what you always wanted: an STM of your very own. -Matt Congratulations, Chris! Just what you always wanted: an STM of your very own.

-Matt

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