Oscar Custance is a scientist specialized in atomic resolution dynamic force microscopy (DFM) operated using the frequency modulation detection method –a technique also known as non-contact atomic ...

(Nanowerk News) Atoms are the basic building blocks for all materials. To tailor functional properties, it is essential to accurately determine their atomic structures. KAIST researchers observed the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The foremost atom of the tip in a scanning probe microscope is critically important for precise imaging results – similar to role of the objective lens in an optical microscope.

Edge structures and atomic defects can significantly affect the physical and chemical properties of low-dimensional materials, such as nanoribbons, and therefore merit a thorough investigation at the ...

Researchers with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have created an innovative method to visualize and analyze atomic structures ...