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Multi-Scale Modelling of NC-AFM Imaging and Manipulation at Insulating Surfaces

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Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy

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We present the results of calculations performed to simulate the process of atomic-scale imaging and manipulation that explicitly take into account dynamical processes occurring at the surface. These calculations are performed using a novel multi-scale method that combines a simulation of the experimental instrument coupled with a kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of the microscopic system that evolves in real time. This method is applied to three qualitatively different systems: the manipulation of a Pd atom adsorbed on the MgO (001) surface, the imaging of the thermally induced motion of a water molecule adsorbed on the CeO2 (111) surface, and the manipulation of a C60 molecule on the Si (001) surface. The results of these simulations show how optimum protocols for controlled atomic-scale manipulation can be determined and how dynamical surface processes can significantly affect the contrast seen in NC-AFM images.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    T. Trevethan & A. L. Shluger

  2. Department of Physics, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

    N. Martsinovich & L. Kantorovich

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical, Electronic and, Osaka University, Yamada-Oka 2-1, Suita, 565-0871, Japan

    Seizo Morita

  2. Institut für Experimentelle und, Angewandte Physik, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, Regensburg, 93053, Germany

    Franz J. Giessibl

  3. FB Physik, Inst. Angewandte Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstr. 11, Hamburg, 20355, Germany

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Trevethan, T., Martsinovich, N., Kantorovich, L., Shluger, A.L. (2009). Multi-Scale Modelling of NC-AFM Imaging and Manipulation at Insulating Surfaces. In: Morita, S., Giessibl, F., Wiesendanger, R. (eds) Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01495-6_12

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