Quantitative Measurement of Forces between Sample and Tip (IMAGE)

University of Basel

Quantitative Measurement of Forces between Sample and Tip

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A low-temperature atomic force microscope with a single carbon atom at the tip allows quantitative measurement of forces between sample and tip. With two-dimensional silicon (silicene), surface buckling can be quantitatively determined.

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University of Basel, Department of Physics

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