Site-specific force-distance characteristics on NaCl(001): Measurements versus atomistic simulations
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M. A. Lantz,1,* R. Hoffmann,1,† A. S. Foster,2 A. Baratoff,1,3 H. J. Hug,1,3,‡ H. R. Hidber,1 and H.-J. Güntherodt1,3 1Institute of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland 2Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 1100, 02015 HUT, Finland 3National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) on Nanoscale Science, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Received 2 June 2006; revised manuscript received 27 September 2006; published 22 December 2006
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