High resolution imaging of functional group distributions on carbon surfaces by tapping mode atomic force microscopy.
Here we report, for the first time, the high resolution imaging of hydrophilic, polar functional group distributions on flat carbon surfaces by phase contrast in noncontact tapping mode AFM.
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Instituto Nacional del Carbón, CSIC, Apartado 73, 33080 Oviedo, Spain. paredes@incar.csic.es
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