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Atomic Force Microscopy of Red-Light Photoreceptors Using PeakForce Quantitative Nanomechanical Property Mapping
Published on: October 24, 2014
Use of in situ atomic force microscopy to follow phase changes at crystal surfaces in real time
Ranjit Thakuria1, Mark D Eddleston, Ernest H H Chow
1Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW (UK); Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur-784 028, Assam (India).
Abstract:
AFM of cocrystals: Atomic force microscopy can be used to observe phase changes at crystal surfaces where the transformation is accompanied by a change in the spacing between layers of molecules. The conversion of a metastable polymorph of the caffeine-glutaric acid cocrystal into the thermodynamically stable form was analyzed continuously in situ using intermittent-contact-mode atomic force microscopy.

