Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was introduced in 1986 and has since made its way into
surface science, nanoscience, chemistry, biology, and material science as an imaging and …

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) has revolutionized our ability to explore the nanoscale
world, enabling the imaging, manipulation, and characterization of materials at the atomic …

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 …

Atomic-scale manipulation in scanning tunneling microscopy has enabled the creation of
quantum states of matter based on artificial structures and extreme miniaturization of …

The ability to handle single molecules as effectively as macroscopic building blocks would
enable the construction of complex supramolecular structures inaccessible to self-assembly …

Scanning probe microscopy makes it possible to image and spectroscopically characterize
nanoscale objects, and to manipulate,–and excite,,,–them; even time-resolved experiments …

A bold vision in nanofabrication is the assembly of functional molecular structures using a
scanning probe microscope (SPM). This approach requires continuous monitoring of the …

The part-by-part assembly of functional nanoscale machinery is a central goal of
nanotechnology. With the recent fabrication of an isolated standing molecule with a …

A modified scheme of scanning tunneling spectroscopy data analysis has been used to
reconstruct the band structure of a strongly dispersive two-dimensional unoccupied …

Friction forces, which arise when two bodies that are in contact are moved with respect to
one another, are ubiquitous phenomena. Although various measurement tools have been …