Prospects for resolving chemical structure by atomic force microscopy: A first-principles study

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 16271-16277

  Guo, Chun Sheng ^a   Van Hove, Michel A ^a   Zhang, Rui Qin ^a   Minot, Christian ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CO MOLECULE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; INTERNAL BONDING; METAL TIP; N-SUBSTITUTION; PENTACENES; PLANAR NETWORKS; SIMILAR IMAGE; SMALL-DIAMETER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIP APEX;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BENZENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MOLECULES;

ATOMS;

EID: 78049298257     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la101317s     Document Type: Article

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