PyAtoms: An interactive tool for simulating atomic scanning tunneling microscopy images of 2D materials, moiré systems and superlattices

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Main Authors: Prado, Asari G., Mandigo-Stoba, Morgaine I., Wey, Kuan-Yu, Nekarae, Setayesh, Enriquez-Ibarra, Abraham, Bañuelos, Sarah, Nguyen, Andrew, Gutiérrez, Christopher
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author Prado, Asari G.
Mandigo-Stoba, Morgaine I.
Wey, Kuan-Yu
Nekarae, Setayesh
Enriquez-Ibarra, Abraham
Bañuelos, Sarah
Nguyen, Andrew
Gutiérrez, Christopher
author_facet Prado, Asari G.
Mandigo-Stoba, Morgaine I.
Wey, Kuan-Yu
Nekarae, Setayesh
Enriquez-Ibarra, Abraham
Bañuelos, Sarah
Nguyen, Andrew
Gutiérrez, Christopher
contents We present PyAtoms, an interactive open-source software that rapidly simulates atomic-scale scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and other scanning probe microscopy (SPM) images of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, moiré systems, and superlattices. Rooted in a Fourier-space description of ideal atomic lattice images, PyAtoms is a Python-based graphical user interface (GUI) with robust capabilities for tuning lattice parameters (lattice constants, strain, number of layers, twist angles) and STM imaging parameters (pixels, scan size, scan angle) and provides time estimates for spectroscopic measurements. These capabilities allow users to efficiently plan time-consuming STM experiments. We provide an overview of PyAtoms' current features, describe its underlying mathematical principles, and then demonstrate simulations of several 2D materials including graphene with variable sublattice asymmetry, twisted tri-layer graphene moiré systems, and several charge- and bond-density wave systems.
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spellingShingle PyAtoms: An interactive tool for simulating atomic scanning tunneling microscopy images of 2D materials, moiré systems and superlattices
Prado, Asari G.
Mandigo-Stoba, Morgaine I.
Wey, Kuan-Yu
Nekarae, Setayesh
Enriquez-Ibarra, Abraham
Bañuelos, Sarah
Nguyen, Andrew
Gutiérrez, Christopher
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We present PyAtoms, an interactive open-source software that rapidly simulates atomic-scale scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and other scanning probe microscopy (SPM) images of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials, moiré systems, and superlattices. Rooted in a Fourier-space description of ideal atomic lattice images, PyAtoms is a Python-based graphical user interface (GUI) with robust capabilities for tuning lattice parameters (lattice constants, strain, number of layers, twist angles) and STM imaging parameters (pixels, scan size, scan angle) and provides time estimates for spectroscopic measurements. These capabilities allow users to efficiently plan time-consuming STM experiments. We provide an overview of PyAtoms' current features, describe its underlying mathematical principles, and then demonstrate simulations of several 2D materials including graphene with variable sublattice asymmetry, twisted tri-layer graphene moiré systems, and several charge- and bond-density wave systems.
title PyAtoms: An interactive tool for simulating atomic scanning tunneling microscopy images of 2D materials, moiré systems and superlattices
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18332