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An outline of the history of inelastic tunneling must begin with the experiments of IVAN GIAEVER with superconducting metals which established the physical reality of the metal-insulator-metal tunneling method. Early attempts to observe electrode band structure effects at higher voltages were not successful but led to the discovery of inelastic tunneling spectroscopy of organic molecules, oxides, and electrode phonons. The study of a variety of organic species has been an active area of experimentation. Observations of electronic transitions, plasmons quantum light emission are of current interest. Possible future developments will be discussed.
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Jaklevic, R.C. (1978). Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy (IETS) — Past and Future. In: Wolfram, T. (eds) Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81228-6_1
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