Abstract
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements have reported contrast inversions for systems such as ${\mathrm{Cu}}_{2}\mathrm{N}$ and graphene that can hamper image interpretation and characterization. Here, we apply a simulation method based on ab initio real-space pseudopotentials to gain an understanding of the tip-sample interactions that influence the inversion. We find that chemically reactive tips induce an attractive binding force that results in the contrast inversion. We find that the inversion is tip height dependent and not observed when using less reactive CO-functionalized tips.
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