Image calculations with a numerical frequency-modulation atomic force microscope

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10492-10501

  Castanie F ^a,b   Nony, L ^c,d   Gauthier, S ^a   Bouju, X ^a  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM CANTILEVERS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); IMAGE CALCULATIONS; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL TOOLS; PLANAR MOLECULES; SUB-MOLECULAR RESOLUTION;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; MOLECULES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84878136092     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400948a     Document Type: Article

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