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Field-ion imaging of a tungsten supertip

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For the first time, a supertip on a<111>W base tip has been self-imaged by field-ion microscopy with atomic resolution. It is a tiny crystalline protrusion of a few nm in diameter.

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Miller, T., Knoblauch, A., Wilbertz, C. et al. Field-ion imaging of a tungsten supertip. Appl. Phys. A 61, 99–100 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01538219

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