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CO Tip Functionalization Inverts Atomic Force Microscopy
Contrast via Short-Range Electrostatic Forces
Schneiderbauer, Maximilian, Emmrich, Matthias, Weymouth, Alfred J.
and Giessibl, Franz J.
(2014)
CO Tip Functionalization Inverts Atomic Force MicroscopyContrast via Short-Range Electrostatic Forces. Physical Review Letters (PRL) 112, 166102-1-166102-5.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 24 Apr 2014 12:01
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Abstract
We investigate insulating Cu2N islands grown on Cu(100) by means of combined scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy with two vastly different tips: a bare metal tip and a CO-terminated tip. We use scanning tunneling microscopy data as proposed by Choi, Ruggiero, and Gupta to unambiguously identify atomic positions. Atomic force microscopy images taken with the two different ...
We investigate insulating Cu2N islands grown on Cu(100) by means of combined scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy with two vastly different tips: a bare metal tip and a CO-terminated tip. We use scanning tunneling microscopy data as proposed by Choi, Ruggiero, and Gupta to unambiguously identify atomic positions. Atomic force microscopy images taken with the two different tips show an inverted contrast over Cu2N. The observed force contrast can be explained with an electrostatic model, where the two tips have dipole moments of opposite directions. This highlights the importance of short-range electrostatic forces in the formation of atomic contrast on polar surfaces in noncontact atomic force microscopy.
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| Item type | Article | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Physical Review Letters (PRL) | ||||||||
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSICAL SOC | ||||||||
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| Place of Publication: | COLLEGE PK | ||||||||
| Volume: | 112 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | 166102-1-166102-5 | ||||||||
| Date | 23 April 2014 | ||||||||
| Institutions | Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Giessibl > Group Franz J. Giessibl | ||||||||
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| Keywords | CHARGE-STATE; SURFACES; MOLECULES; ANISOTROPY; RESOLUTION; ENERGY; | ||||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 530 Physics | ||||||||
| Status | Published | ||||||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-298336 | ||||||||
| Item ID | 29833 |
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