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ArticleScience advances2020

Automated structure discovery in atomic force microscopy.

Benjamin Alldritt, Prokop Hapala, Niko Oinonen, Fedor Urtev, Ondrej Krejci, Filippo Federici Canova, Juho Kannala, Fabian Schulz, Peter Liljeroth, Adam S Foster

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Benjamin AlldrittDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9383-6995
Prokop HapalaDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-4807-0326
Niko OinonenDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-1733-4456
Fedor UrtevDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.
Ondrej KrejciDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4948-4312
Filippo Federici CanovaDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.
Juho KannalaDepartment of Computer Science, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5088-4041
Fabian SchulzDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1359-4675
Peter LiljerothDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-1253-8097
Adam S FosterDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, 00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5371-5905

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) with molecule-functionalized tips has emerged as the primary experimental technique for probing the atomic structure of organic molecules on surfaces. Most experiments have been limited to nearly planar aromatic molecules due to difficulties with interpretation of highly distorted AFM images originating from nonplanar molecules. Here, we develop a deep learning infrastructure that matches a set of AFM images with a unique descriptor characterizing the molecular configuration, allowing us to predict the molecular structure directly. We apply this methodology to resolve several distinct adsorption configurations of 1

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