The development of atomic force microscopy (AFM) has opened up a wide range of novel
opportunities in nanoscience and new modalities of observation in complex biological …

The atomic force microscope (AFM) has a unique capability of allowing the high-resolution
imaging of biological samples on substratum surfaces in physiological solutions. Recent …

The ability of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) to characterize materials has
increased tremendously since its inception on a commercial basis at Cambridge, United …

Polymer Microscopy, Third Edition, is a comprehensive and practical guide to the study of
the microstructure of polymers, and is the result of the authors' many years of academic and …

Directly observing individual protein molecules in action at high spatiotemporal resolution
has long been a holy grail for biological science. This is because we long have had to infer …

Quality factor (Q) is an important property of micro-and nano-electromechanical (MEM/NEM)
resonators that underlie timing references, frequency sources, atomic force microscopes …

Here we review the applications of atomic force microscopy to the study of samples of
biological origin. Emphasis is given to provide the reader with information on the broad …

A new mechanical scanner design for a high-speed atomic force microscope (AFM) is
presented and discussed in terms of modeling and control. The positioning range of this …

A novel design of a scanning unit for atomic force microscopy (AFM) is presented that
enables scanning speeds three orders of magnitude faster than compared to conventional …

The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is one of the most versatile tools in nanotechnology.
For control engineers this instrument is particularly interesting, since its ability to image the …