Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

A robust molecular probe for Ångstrom-scale analytics in liquids

  • Peter Nirmalraj,
  • Damien Thompson,
  • Christos Dimitrakopoulos,
  • Bernd Gotsmann,
  • Dumitru Dumcenco,
  • Andras Kis,
  • Heike Riel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12403
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Single-molecule-terminated scanning probes typically operate under ultra-high vacuum conditions at low temperatures. Here, the authors show that tips functionalized with C60 can image single-layer graphene and MoS2with high definition in a liquid environment at room temperature