Exceptionally clear images of intramolecular structure can be attained in
dynamic force microscopy (DFM) through the combination of a passivated tip apex and operation in what has become known as the “Pauli exclusion regime” of the tip–sample interaction. We discuss, from an experimentalist’s perspective, a number of aspects of the exclusion principle which underpin this ability to achieve submolecular resolution. Our particular focus is on the origins, history and interpretation of Pauli’s principle in the context of interatomic and intermolecular interactions.
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Book Section
Refereed:
Yes
Additional Information:
Book Subtitle. Proceedings from the AtMol Conference Series, Nottingham, UK, April 16-17, 2013
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Dynamic force microscopy; Non-contact atomic force microscopy;
NC-AFM; Pauli exclusion principle; Submolecular resolution; Intramolecular;
Single-molecule imaging
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Funders:
UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the form of a fellowship (EP/G007837), Leverhulme Trust (through grant F/00114/BI), European Commission’s ICT-FET programme via the Atomic Scale and Single Molecule Logic gate Technologies (AtMol) project (www.atmol.eu), Contract No. 270028, ACRITAS Marie Curie Initial Training Network (www.acritas.eu)
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23278
Deposited On:
10 May 2019 09:48 by
Enda Mcglynn
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