The new FAST module: A portable and transparent add-on module for time-resolved investigations with commercial scanning probe microscopes

Dri, C.; PANIGHEL, Mirco; Tiemann, D.; Patera, L.L.; Troiano, G.; Fukamori, Y.; Knoller, F.; Lechner, B.A.J.; Cautero, G.; Giuressi, D.; Comelli, G.; Fraxedas, J.; Africh, C.; Esch, F.

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The new FAST module: A portable and transparent add-on module for time-resolved investigations with commercial scanning probe microscopes

Dri, C.; PANIGHEL, Mirco; Tiemann, D. et al.

2019 • In Ultramicroscopy, 205, p. 49 - 56

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FastSTM; FastAFM; FastSPM; scanning tunneling microscopy; atomic force microscopy; scanning probe microscopy; STM; AFM; SPM; fast scanning; video rate

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[en] Time resolution is one of the most severe limitations of scanning probe microscopies (SPMs), since the typical image acquisition times are in the order of several seconds or even few minutes. As a consequence, the characterization of dynamical processes occurring at surfaces (e.g. surface diffusion, film growth, self-assembly and chemical reactions) cannot be thoroughly addressed by conventional SPMs. To overcome this limitation, several years ago we developed a first prototype of the FAST module, an add-on instrument capable of driving a commercial scanning tunneling microscope (STM) at and beyond video rate frequencies. Here we report on a fully redesigned version of the FAST module, featuring improved performance and user experience, which can be used both with STMs and atomic force microscopes (AFMs), and offers additional capabilities such as an atom tracking mode. All the new features of the FAST module, including portability between different commercial instruments, are described in detail and practically demonstrated.

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Physics

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Dri, C.

PANIGHEL, Mirco ; CNR - Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Trieste, Laboratorio TASC, Strada Statale 14, km 163.5, 34149 Basovizza, Italy

Tiemann, D.

Patera, L.L.

Troiano, G.

Fukamori, Y.

Knoller, F.

Lechner, B.A.J.

Cautero, G.

Giuressi, D.

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English

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The new FAST module: A portable and transparent add-on module for time-resolved investigations with commercial scanning probe microscopes

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2019

Journal title :

Ultramicroscopy

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0304-3991

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205

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49 - 56

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067575323&doi=10.1016%2fj.ultramic.2019.05.010&partnerID=40&md5=152d736923b2a85facb6fb14cc449721

European Projects :

H2020 - 654360 - NFFA-Europe - NANOSCIENCE FOUNDRIES AND FINE ANALYSIS - EUROPE

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Union Européenne

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The FAST project has received funding from the EU-H2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 654360 NFFA-Europe. The FAST module has been developed to be at public disposal and is hence also commercially available [35]. The ICN2 is funded by the CERCA program/ Generalitat de Catalunya. The ICN2 is supported by the Severo Ochoa program of MINECO (Grant SEV-2017-0706). Work at TUM was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Research grants ES 349/1-2 and HE 3454/18-2). BAJL acknowledges a Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship under grant ClusterDynamics (no. 703972) from the EU Horizon 2020 Programme.

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