Understanding the atomic-scale contrast in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

Details Understanding the atomic-scale contrast in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy Understanding the atomic-scale contrast in Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy

2009-07-23

arxiv.org/abs/0907.4015v1

Physical Review Letters 103 (2009) 036802

Physics

Atomic and Molecular Clusters

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.036802

A numerical analysis of the origin of the atomic-scale contrast in Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) is presented. Atomistic simulations of the tip-sample interaction force field have been combined with a non-contact Atomic Force Microscope/KPFM simulator. The implementation mimics recent experimental results on the (001) surface of a bulk alkali halide crystal for which simultaneous atomic-scale topographical and Contact Potential Difference (CPD) contrasts were reported. The local CPD does reflect the periodicity of the ionic crystal, but not the magnitude of its Madelung surface potential. The imaging mechanism relies on the induced polarization of the ions at the tip-surface interface owing to the modulation of the applied bias voltage. Our findings are in excellent agreement with previous theoretical expectations and experimental observations.

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