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“Scanning is believing”. This statement goes back to a time long before the invention of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and related scanning probe methods and has been cited many times, for instance, in conjunction with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). To facilitate our believing we certainly have to understand what we measure. Therefore a theoretical foundation has always been indispensable.

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    Roland Wiesendanger

  2. Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland

    Hans-Joachim Güntherodt

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Wiesendanger, R., Güntherodt, HJ. (1993). Introduction. In: Wiesendanger, R., Güntherodt, HJ. (eds) Scanning Tunneling Microscopy III. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97470-0_1

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