Noncontact atomic force microscopy: Bond imaging and beyond

Q Zhong, X Li, H Zhang, L Chi - Surface Science Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
It was a long-cherished dream for chemists to take a direct look at chemical bonding, a
fundamental component of chemistry. This dream was finally accomplished by the state-of …

Submolecular imaging by noncontact atomic force microscopy with an oxygen atom rigidly connected to a metallic probe

H Mönig, DR Hermoso, O Díaz Arado, M Todorović… - Acs Nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
In scanning probe microscopy, the imaging characteristics in the various interaction
channels crucially depend on the chemical termination of the probe tip. Here we analyze the …

How Precisely Can Individual Molecules Be Analyzed? A Case Study on Locally Quantifying Forces and Energies Using Scanning Probe Microscopy

X Wang, P Zahl, H Wang, EI Altman, UD Schwarz - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in scanning probe microscopy methodology have enabled the
measurement of tip–sample interactions with picometer accuracy in all three spatial …

Atom-specific forces and defect identification on surface-oxidized Cu (100) with combined 3D-AFM and STM measurements

MZ Baykara, M Todorović, H Mönig… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
The influence of defects on the local structural, electronic, and chemical properties of a
surface oxide on Cu (100) were investigated using atomic resolution three-dimensional …

Quantifying tip-sample interactions in vacuum using cantilever-based sensors: An analysis

OE Dagdeviren, C Zhou, EI Altman, UD Schwarz - Physical Review Applied, 2018 - APS
Atomic force microscopy is an analytical characterization method that is able to image a
sample's surface topography at high resolution while simultaneously probing a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional interaction force and tunneling current spectroscopy of point defects on rutile TiO2 (110)

MZ Baykara, H Mönig, TC Schwendemann… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The extent to which point defects affect the local chemical reactivity and electronic properties
of an oxide surface was evaluated with picometer resolution in all three spatial dimensions …

Exploring load, velocity, and surface disorder dependence of friction with one-dimensional and two-dimensional models

OE Dagdeviren - Nanotechnology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of surface disorder, load, and velocity on friction between a single asperity contact
and a model surface is explored with one-dimensional and two-dimensional Prandtl …

Characterization of catalysts by advanced scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy

Y Sun, K Zeng - ChemCatChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Considering that there is a shortage of sustainable resources and that serious
environmental issues need to be solved, the development of efficient catalysts has attracted …

Numerical performance analysis of quartz tuning fork-based force sensors

OE Dagdeviren, UD Schwarz - Measurement Science and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Quartz tuning fork-based force sensors where one prong is immobilized onto a holder while
the other one is allowed to oscillate freely ('qPlus' configuration) are in widespread use for …

Noncontact atomic force microscopy for atomic-scale characterization of material surfaces

MZ Baykara - Surface Science Tools for Nanomaterials …, 2015 - Springer
Among the large variety of scanning probe microscopy techniques, noncontact atomic force
microscopy (NC-AFM) stands out with its capability of atomic-resolution imaging and …