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Elemental Identification by Combining Atomic Force Microscopy and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

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There are currently no experimental techniques that combine atomic-resolution imaging with elemental sensitivity and chemical finger-printing on single molecules. The advent of using molecular-modified tips in noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) has made it possible to image (planar) molecules with atomic resolution. However, the mechanisms responsible for elemental contrast with passivated tips are not fully understood. Here, we investigate elemental contrast by carrying out both nc-AFM and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) experiments on epitaxial monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) on Ir(111). The hBN overlayer is inert, and the in-plane bonds connecting nearest-neighbor boron and nitrogen atoms possess strong covalent character and a bond length of only ∼1.45 Å. Nevertheless, constant-height maps of both the frequency shift Δf and the local contact potential difference exhibit striking sublattice asymmetry. We match the different atomic sites with the observed contrast by comparison with nc-AFM image simulations based on the density functional theory optimized hBN/Ir(111) geometry, which yields detailed information on the origin of the atomic-scale contrast.

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cea-04075871 , version 1 (20-04-2023)

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Fabian Schulz, Juha Ritala, Ondrej Krejčí, Ari Paavo Seitsonen, Adam Foster, et al.. Elemental Identification by Combining Atomic Force Microscopy and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. ACS Nano, 2018, 12 (6), pp.5274-5283. ⟨10.1021/acsnano.7b08997⟩. ⟨cea-04075871⟩

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