High Resolution Atomic Force Microscopic Imaging of the [Formula presented] Surface: Contribution of Short-Range Force to the Images

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2002, Pages

  Eguchi, Toyoaki ^a   Hasegawa, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 85038286434     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.266105     Document Type: Article

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