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ArticleACS nano2024

Automated Structure Discovery for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy.

Lauri Kurki, Niko Oinonen, Adam S Foster

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Article in ACS nano, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Automating Model Building for SPM Images of Biomolecules Using MISO.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2026
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  3. Structure Prediction of Organic/Inorganic Interfaces with Genarris.Journal of chemical theory and computation · 2026
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3 authors.

Lauri KurkiDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Aalto, Espoo 00076, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5027-7847
Niko OinonenDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Aalto, Espoo 00076, Finland.
Adam S FosterDepartment of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Aalto, Espoo 00076, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5371-5905

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with a functionalized tip apex reveals the geometric and electronic structures of a sample within the same experiment. However, the complex nature of the signal makes images difficult to interpret and has so far limited most research to planar samples with a known chemical composition. Here, we present automated structure discovery for STM (ASD-STM), a machine learning tool for predicting the atomic structure directly from an STM image, by building upon successful methods for structure discovery in noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM). We apply the method on various organic molecules and achieve good accuracy on structure predictions and chemical identification on a qualitative level while highlighting future development requirements for ASD-STM. This method is directly applicable to experimental STM images of organic molecules, making structure discovery available for a wider scanning probe microscopy audience outside of nc-AFM. This work also allows more advanced machine learning methods to be developed for STM structure discovery.

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convolutional neural networkmachine learningscanning probe microscopyscanning tunneling microscopystructure discoverytip functionalization

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PMID38644571
PMCPMC11064214

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