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In this dissertation, an ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscope (UHV-STM) is employed for the characterization of exfoliated double-sided graphene fluoride (ds-GF) and of single-sided graphene fluoride (ss-GF) on Cu foil. We explore the structure and stability of each material and, in particular, identify ss-GF as a stable, well-ordered, wide-gap semiconductor. This dissertation offers the first atomic-resolution study of this novel material, and the first UHV-STM measurement of its electronic structure. Furthermore, we develop the novel field-directed sputter sharpening (FDSS) technique for producing sharp metal probes with 1 – 5 nm radii of curvature, a prerequisite for high-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) imaging and nanolithography. We show that FDSS offers significant improvements in lithographic patterning, and is applicable to a range of materials, including the hard metallic-ceramic hafnium diboride (HfB2). 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