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We have demonstrated the capability of the atomic force microscope to image the surface of an electrically insulating solid with atomic resolution. Images of highly oriented pyrolytic boron nitride taken in air show atomic corrugations with a lateral resolution better than 3 Å. Low-noise images of graphite and molybdenum disulfide are also presented.
Albrecht et al. (Thu,) studied this question.