Probing Tip with Xenon Atom to Measure van der Waals Forces (IMAGE)

University of Basel

Probing Tip with Xenon Atom to Measure van der Waals Forces

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Rare gas atoms deposited on molecular network are investigated with a probing tip, which is decorated with a xenon atom. The measurements give information about the weak van der Waals forces between these individual atoms.

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University of Basel, Department of Physics

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