Models of the interaction of metal tips with insulating surfaces

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Trevethan, Thomas ^a,b,c   Watkins, Matthew ^a   Shluger, Alexander L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Density functional theory; Ionic surfaces; Metallic asperities; Surface interactions

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; GAUSSIANS; IMAGING DISTANCES; INSULATING SURFACES; IONIC SURFACES; METAL CLUSTER; METAL TIP; METALLIC ASPERITIES; MGO (001) SURFACE; NACL SURFACE; PLANE WAVE BASIS; PLANE-WAVE BASIS SET; QUANTITATIVE EFFECTS; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; TUNGSTEN TIP;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMIUM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUNGSTEN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84861404479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21904286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.3.37     Document Type: Article

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