title: Obtaining detailed structural information about supramolecular systems on surfaces by combining high-resolution force microscopy with ab initio calculations.
abstract: State-of-the art experimental techniques such as scanning tunneling microscopy have great difficulties in extracting detailed structural information about molecules adsorbed on surfaces. By combining atomic force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy with ab initio calculations, we demonstrate that we can obtain a wealth of detailed structural information about the molecule itself and its environment. Studying an FFPB molecule on a gold surface, we are able to determine its exact location on the surface, the nature of its bonding properties with neighboring molecules that lead to the growth of one-dimensional strips, and the internal torsions and bendings of the molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Basel , Klingbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Shigeki
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authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Ali
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authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xu
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authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Lifen
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authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Peng
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authors.lastname: Lifen
authors.forename: Rémy
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authors.lastname: Pawlak
authors.forename: Thilo
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authors.lastname: Glatzel
authors.forename: Alexander
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authors.lastname: Willand
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authors.lastname: Orita
authors.forename: Junzo
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authors.lastname: Goedecker
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authors.lastname: Meyer