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SUBMITTER: Onoda J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5414035 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Onoda Jo J Ondráček Martin M Jelínek Pavel P Sugimoto Yoshiaki Y
Nature communications 20170426
Electronegativity is a fundamental concept in chemistry. Despite its importance, the experimental determination has been limited only to ensemble-averaged techniques. Here, we report a methodology to evaluate the electronegativity of individual surface atoms by atomic force microscopy. By measuring bond energies on the surface atoms using different tips, we find characteristic linear relations between the bond energies of different chemical species. We show that the linear relation can be ration ...[more]