Recent progress in scanning probe microscope based super-resolution near-field fingerprint microscopy

YANG Zhong-Bo; WANG Hua-Bin; PENG Xiao-Yu; SHI Chang-Cheng; XIA Liang-Ping; TANG Ming-Jie; CHANG Tian-Ying; WEI Dong-Shan; DU Chun-Lei; CUI Hong-Liang

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2016.01.016

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