Orientation of molecular interface dipole on metal surface investigated by noncontact atomic force microscopy

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 30, 2013, Pages 3630-3635

  Yuan, BingKai ^a   Chen, PengCheng ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Cheng, ZhiHai ^a   Qiu, XiaoHui ^a   Wang, Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

interface dipole; Kelvin probe force microscopy; non contact atomic force microscopy; scanning tunneling microscopy; titanyl phthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884906017     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5977-x     Document Type: Article

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