Bias-dependent #STM images capturing a structural phase transition of a molecular system on Cu(111) - flipping from close-packed to a #kagome lattice in real time. Still one of the strangest datasets we’ve ever recorded, and very much an unsolved mystery in the lab.

Nice write up on our work in Physics World! physicsworld.com/a/scientists...

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The moment when you accidentally 10x the proportional instead of the setpoint just as you're about to get good data after tip shaping for 3 hours 🫠

Distinguishing between magnetic states at the atomic-scale 🧪⚛️

Now in @jacs.acspublications.org, we show that SPM with NiCp2 molecules can discriminate between nearly degenerate magnetic ground states 🧲🔬🧑‍💻

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This 2D #MOF was a pleasure to study! Distinct #chiral phases emerged as a result of tilted molecules, giving us a great excuse to perform #nc-AFM 😏. Each chiral phase uniquely confined the Ag(111) surface state resulting in changes to the 2DEG band structure driven purely by structural symmetry.

Now that's a tip

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