Electron scattering in scanning probe microscopy experiments
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Acknowledgements
L.A.Z is funded by EPSRC Grant GR/T18592/01. W.A.H is supported by the Royal Society through a University Research Fellowship. The experimental work has been funded by BMBF Grant EKM13N6918. We also acknowledge help from O. Paz and J. Soler with the setup of the Si(1 1 1) (7 × 7) unit cell.
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