High resolution SPM imaging of organic molecules with functionalized tips

P Jelínek - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the most remarkable and exciting achievements in the field of scanning probe
microscopy (SPM) in the last years is the unprecedented sub-molecular resolution of both …

Real-space imaging of interfacial water with submolecular resolution

J Guo, X Meng, J Chen, J Peng, J Sheng, XZ Li, L Xu… - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
Water/solid interfaces are vital to our daily lives and are also a central theme across an
incredibly wide range of scientific disciplines. Resolving the internal structure, that is, the O …

Atomic-scale investigation of nuclear quantum effects of surface water: Experiments and theory

J Guo, XZ Li, J Peng, EG Wang, Y Jiang - Progress in Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Quantum behaviors of protons in terms of tunneling and zero-point motion have significant
effects on the macroscopic properties, structure, and dynamics of water even at room …

Geometric imaging of borophene polymorphs with functionalized probes

X Liu, L Wang, S Li, MS Rahn, BI Yakobson… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A common characteristic of borophene polymorphs is the presence of hollow hexagons
(HHs) in an otherwise triangular lattice. The vast number of possible HH arrangements …

Principles and simulations of high-resolution STM imaging with a flexible tip apex

O Krejčí, P Hapala, M Ondráček, P Jelínek - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We present a robust but still efficient simulation approach for high-resolution scanning
tunneling microscopy (STM) with a flexible tip apex showing sharp submolecular features …

Theoretical characterisation of point defects on a MoS2 monolayer by scanning tunnelling microscopy

C González, B Biel, YJ Dappe - Nanotechnology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Different S and Mo vacancies as well as their corresponding antisite defects in a free-
standing MoS 2 monolayer are analysed by means of scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) …

Highly selective covalent organic functionalization of epitaxial graphene

RA Bueno, JI Martínez, RF Luccas, NR Del Árbol… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Graphene functionalization with organics is expected to be an important step for the
development of graphene-based materials with tailored electronic properties. However, its …

Tailored formation of N-doped nanoarchitectures by diffusion-controlled on-surface (cyclo) dehydrogenation of heteroaromatics

AL Pinardi, G Otero-Irurueta, I Palacio, JI Martinez… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Surface-assisted cyclodehydrogenation and dehydrogenative polymerization of polycyclic
(hetero) aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are among the most important strategies for bottom …

Imaging molecular orbitals of PTCDA on graphene on Pt (111): electronic structure by STM and first-principles calculations

AJ Martínez-Galera, N Nicoara, JI Martínez… - The Journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The adsorption and growth of 3, 4, 9, 10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) on
graphene monolayers epitaxially grown on Pt (111) surfaces is studied by a combination of …

Atomic defect classification of the H–Si (100) surface through multi-mode scanning probe microscopy

J Croshaw, T Dienel, T Huff… - Beilstein journal of …, 2020 - beilstein-journals.org
The combination of scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and non-contact atomic force
microscopy (nc-AFM) allows enhanced extraction and correlation of properties not readily …