Seeing the atomic orbital: first-principles study of the effect of tip termination on atomic force microscopy

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College College of Engineering
Department Materials Science & Engineering
Creator Liu, Feng
Other Author Huang, Minghuang; Cuma, Martin
Title Seeing the atomic orbital: first-principles study of the effect of tip termination on atomic force microscopy
Date 2003-06
Description We perform extensive first-principles calculations to simulate the topographical atomic-force-microscope image of an adatom on the Si(111)-(7 X 7) surface, demonstrating the feasibility of imaging not only the atoms but also the atomic orbitals. Our comparative study of tip terminations shows that two subatomic features can appear for a single adatom when it is imaged by a Si(001)-type tip having two dangling bonds on its apex, while only one feature would appear if it were imaged by a Si(111)-type tip having one dangling bond on the apex. The key condition for seeing the atomic orbitals is to bring the tip so close to the surface that the angular-dependent force dominates the tip-surface interaction.
Type Text
Publisher American Physical Society
Journal Title Physical Review Letters
Volume 90
Issue 25
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.256101
citatation_issn 0031-9007
Subject First-principles; Tip termination; Adatoms
Subject LCSH Atomic orbitals; Atomic force microscopy
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Huang, M., Cuma, M., & Liu, F. (2003). Seeing the atomic orbital: first-principles study of the effect of tip termination on atomic force microscopy. Physical Review Letters, 90(25), 256101.
Rights Management (c) American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.256101
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