Imaging and dynamics of light atoms and molecules on graphene

@article{Meyer2008ImagingAD,
  title={Imaging and dynamics of light atoms and molecules on graphene},
  author={Jannik C. Meyer and Çaǧlar Girit and Michael F. Crommie and Alex Zettl},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2008},
  volume={454},
  pages={319-322}
}
Observing the individual building blocks of matter is one of the primary goals of microscopy. The invention of the scanning tunnelling microscope revolutionized experimental surface science in that atomic-scale features on a solid-state surface could finally be readily imaged. However, scanning tunnelling microscopy has limited applicability due to restrictions in, for example, sample conductivity, cleanliness, and data acquisition rate. An older microscopy technique, that of transmission… 
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