Preferred Label : microscopy, scanning tunneling;
MeSH definition : A type of scanning probe microscopy in which a very sharp conducting needle is swept
just a few angstroms above the surface of a sample. The tiny tunneling current that
flows between the sample and the needle tip is measured, and from this are produced
three-dimensional topographs. Due to the poor electron conductivity of most biological
samples, thin metal coatings are deposited on the sample.;
MeSH synonym : microscopies, scanning tunneling; microscopy, scanning tunnelling; scanning tunnelling microscopy; tunneling microscopies, scanning; tunnelling microscopy, scanning; microscopies, scanning tunnelling; scanning tunnelling microscopies; tunnelling microscopies, scanning; scanning tunneling microscopy; scanning tunneling microscopies; tunneling microscopy, scanning;
Origin ID : D016252;
UMLS CUI : C0079837;
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A type of scanning probe microscopy in which a very sharp conducting needle is swept
just a few angstroms above the surface of a sample. The tiny tunneling current that
flows between the sample and the needle tip is measured, and from this are produced
three-dimensional topographs. Due to the poor electron conductivity of most biological
samples, thin metal coatings are deposited on the sample.
