This paper briefly reviews scanning tunneling microscopy with emphasis on the particularities that have the most significant influence on the STM and STS characterization of both single-wall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes. The experimental results obtained on these carbon nanotubes are surveyed together with computer modeling of the STM images of carbon nanotubes and the role of structural defects is discussed.
Abdou HassanienA. MrzelM. TokumotoXinluo ZhaoYuichiro AndoDavid Tománek