Selective activation and controlled functionalization of C–H bonds in organic molecules is
one of the most desirable processes in synthetic chemistry. Despite progress in …

Resolving the electronic structure of a single atom within a molecule is of fundamental
importance for understanding and predicting chemical and physical properties of functional …

Bond breaking and forming are essential components of chemical reactions. Recently, the
structure and formation of covalent bonds in single molecules have been studied by non …

Immense strides have been made in increasing the resolution of scanning probe
microscopy. Noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc‐AFM) now offers one the ability to …

CO-functionalized atomic force microscopy (AFM) refers to attaching a single CO molecule
onto a metallic Cu tip (C bonded with Cu). This CO molecule serves as a molecular probe …

During the last two decades, researchers have demonstrated that the noncontact mode of
atomic force microscope (AFM) has the ability to image single atoms, clusters, and …

Non-contact atomic force microscope is a powerful tool to investigate the surface topography
with atomic resolution. Here we propose a new approach to estimate the interaction …

Noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) allows researchers to image the chemical
structure of single molecules. In 2009, an experimental group obtained atomic resolution nc …