QUAM-AFM

The data provided for each molecule includes, besides a set of AFM images, the ball–and–stick depiction, the IUPAC name, the chemical formula, the atomic coordinates, and the map of atom heights. In order to simplify the use of the collection as a source of information, we have developed a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that allows the search for structures by CID number, IUPAC name or chemical formula. This dataset arises as a product of the research carried out in collaboration between Quasar Science Resources S.L. (quasarsr.com) and the Scanning Probe Microscopy Theory & Nanomechanics Research Group (SPMTH) (uam.es/spmth) at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), funded by the Comunidad de Madrid under the Industrial Doctorate Programme 2017 (project reference IND2017/IND-7793).

The main goal of this dataset is to support the development of deep learning methods for molecular identification through AFM imaging. Once this project has concluded, this dataset is made freely accessible in order to facilitate and to promote research in a range of fields including Atomic Force Microscopy, on-surface synthesis and deep learning applications.