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Atomic Force Microscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a type of scanning probe microscopy that can analyze topographic details of various specimens like ceramics, glass, polymers, and biological samples. AFM offers over 1000 times more resolution than the optical imaging system. Images generated from AFM are three-dimensional surface profiles, offering an advantage over the flat, two-dimensional images from other imaging techniques.
The AFM Probe
The probe is regarded as the heart of any AFM setup and comprises the...

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Noncontact atomic force microscopy III

Mehmet Z Baykara¹, Udo D Schwarz²

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering and UNAM-Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

|August 23, 2016

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atomic force microscopy scanning force microscopy

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