UHV Preparation and Analytical System - Scanning Probe Microscopy SPECS Aarhus 150 SPM (UHV-SPM)

The chamber for STM and AFM scanning probe techniques (UHV-SPM) is one of the instruments of the UHV-Cluster, which combines preparation and in-situ analysis by several complementary methods for the characterization of surfaces and thin films. The UHV-SPM is equipped with the SPM Aarhus 150 working in of range 90–400K and provides the possibility of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), achieving an atomic resolution on metal, semiconductor, and oxide surfaces.

Publications:

• ČECHAL, J.; STARÁ, V.; KUROWSKÁ, A.; BLATNIK, M.; PRAVEC, D.; HRUBÁ, D.; KUNC, J.; DRASAR, C.; PLANER, J.; PROCHÁZKA, P., 2026: Structural, electronic, and chemical manifestations of weak molecule-substrate coupling on Bi2Se3 compared with Ag, Au, and graphene. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE ADVANCES , doi: 10.1016/j.apsadv.2025.100927; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-LEEM, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-XPS, UHV-SPM)
• JAKUB, Z.; PLANER, J.; HRŮZA, D.; TRLLOVÁ SHAHSAVAR, A.; PAVELEC, J.; ČECHAL, J., 2025: Identical Fe-N₄ Sites with Different Reactivity: Elucidating the Effect of Support Curvature. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 17(6), p. 10136 - 10144, doi: 10.1021/acsami.4c19913; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-CLUSTER, UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM, UHV-XPS)
• Prochazka, P.; Frezza, F.; Sánchez-Grande, A.; Carrera, M.; Chen, QF.; Stará, V.; Kurowská, A.; Curiel, D.; Jelínek, P.; Cechal, J., 2025: Monitoring On-Surface Chemical Reactions by Low-Energy Electron Microscopy: from Conformation Change to Ring Closure in 2D Molecular Gas. CHEMISTRY 31(20), p. e20250056 - 6, doi: 10.1002/chem.202500561; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-LEEM, UHV-SPM, UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION)
• PROCHÁZKA, P.; STARÁ, V.; PLANER, J.; SKÁLA, T.; ČECHAL, J., 2025: Structure of epitaxial heteromolecular bilayers probed by low-energy electron microscopy. SURFACES AND INTERFACES 62, p. 106251-1 - 106251-8, doi: 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106251; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-LEEM, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM)
• JAKUB, Z.; PLANER, J.; HRŮZA, D.; ENDSTRASSER, Z.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; ČECHAL, J., 2025: Atomically-defined on-surface synthesis of multilayer metal-organic frameworks. COMMUNICATIONS CHEMISTRY 8(1), doi: 10.1038/s42004-025-01742-5; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-XPS, UHV-SPM, UHV-PREPARATION)

• JAKUB, Z.; TRLLOVÁ SHAHSAVAR, A.; PLANER, J.; HRŮZA, D.; HERICH, O.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; ČECHAL, J., 2024: . JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 146(5), p. 3471 - 12, doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c13212; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM)
• KRAJŇÁK, T.; STARÁ, V.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; PLANER, J.; SKÁLA, T.; BLATNIK, M.; ČECHAL, J., 2024: . ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 16(14), p. 18099 - 13, doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c18697; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-LEEM, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM, UHV-DEPOSITION)
• David, J., 2023: . MASTER'S THESIS , p. 1 - 69; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-XPS, UHV-SPM)
• Jeřábek, F., 2023: . BACHELOR'S THESIS , p. 1 - 42; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-SPM)
• Makoveev, A. O., 2023: . PH.D. THESIS , p. 1 - 169; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM)
• PROCHÁZKA, P.; ČECHAL, J., 2023: . ULTRAMICROSCOPY 253, doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2023.113799; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM)
• Kurowská, A., 2023: . MASTER'S THESIS , p. 1 - 61; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-LEEM, UHV-MBE, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM, UHV-XPS)
• MAKOVEEV, A.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; BLATNIK, M.; KORMOŠ, L.; SKÁLA, T.; ČECHAL, J., 2022: . JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C (WEB) 126(23), p. 9989 - 9, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c02538; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-SPM, UHV-XPS)
• JAKUB, Z.; KUROWSKÁ, A.; HERICH, O.; ČERNÁ, L.; KORMOŠ, L.; SHAHSAVAR, A.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; ČECHAL, J., 2022: . NANOSCALE 14(26), p. 9507 - 9, doi: 10.1039/d2nr02017c; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM)
• MAKOVEEV, A.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; SHAHSAVAR, A.; KORMOŠ, L.; KRAJŇÁK, T.; STARÁ, V.; ČECHAL, J., 2022: . APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 600, p. 154106 - 7, doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154106; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM)
• STARÁ, V.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; PLANER, J.; SHAHSAVAR, A.; MAKOVEEV, A.; SKÁLA, T.; BLATNIK, M.; ČECHAL, J., 2022: . PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 18(4), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.044048; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-SPM, UHV-XPS)
• PROCHÁZKA, P.; KORMOŠ, L.; SHAHSAVAR, A.; STARÁ, V.; MAKOVEEV, A.; SKÁLA, T.; BLATNIK, M.; ČECHAL, J., 2021: . APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 547, p. 149115- - 7, doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149115; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM, UHV-XPS, UHV-LEEM)
• Kormoš, L., 2021: . PH.D. THESIS , p. 1 - 140; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-XPS, UHV-LEEM, UHV-SPM, EVAPORATOR)
• KORMOŠ, L.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; MAKOVEEV, A.; ČECHAL, J., 2020: . NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 11(1), p. 1 - 6, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15727-6; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-LEEM, UHV-SPM, UHV-XPS)
• UHLÍŘ, V.; PRESSACCO, F.; ARREGI URIBEETXEBARRIA, J.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; PRŮŠA, S.; POTOČEK, M.; ŠIKOLA, T.; ČECHAL, J.; BENDOUNAN, A.; SIROTTI, F., 2020: . APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 514, p. 145923-1 - 7, doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.145923; FULL TEXT
  (MAGNETRON, VERSALAB, RIGAKU9, UHV-LEEM, UHV-LEIS, UHV-SPM, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-XPS, SIMS)
• PROCHÁZKA, P.; GOSALVEZ, M.; KORMOŠ, L.; DE LA TORRE, B.; GALLARDO, A.; ALBERDI-RODRIGUEZ, J.; CHUTORA, T.; MAKOVEEV, A.; SHAHSAVAR, A.; ARNAU, A.; JELÍNEK, P.; ČECHAL, J., 2020: . ACS NANO 14(6), p. 7269 - 11, doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02491; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-LEEM, UHV-SPM, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-DEPOSITION)
• KORMOŠ, L.; PROCHÁZKA, P.; ŠIKOLA, T.; ČECHAL, J., 2018: . JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C (PRINT) 122(5), p. 2815 - 6, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11436; FULL TEXT
  (UHV-SPM, UHV-LEEM, UHV-PREPARATION)
• Makoveev, A., 2018: . TREATISE TO STATE DOCTORAL EXAM , p. 1 - 32
  (UHV-LEEM, UHV-MBE, UHV-XPS, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-SPM)
• Horký, M., 2016: . MASTER'S THESIS , p. 1 - 96
  (UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-XPS, UHV-SPM, VERIOS, UHV-LEIS, RIGAKU3, LYRA, ICON-SPM, KRATOS-XPS)