This book presents the physical and technical foundation of the state of the art in applied scanning probe techniques. It constitutes a timely and comprehensive overview of SPM applications. The chapters in this volume relate to scanning probe microscopy techniques, characterization of various materials and structures and typical industrial applications, including topographic and dynamical surface studies of thin-film semiconductors, polymers, paper, ceramics, and magnetic and biological materials. The chapters are written by leading researchers and application scientists from all over the world and from various industries to provide a broader perspective.
Author(s): Ali Fatih Sarioglu, Olav Solgaard (auth.), Bharat Bhushan (eds.)
Series: NanoScience and Technology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 710
Tags: Nanotechnology;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films;Nanotechnology and Microengineering;Condensed Matter Physics;Biophysics and Biological Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Time-Resolved Tapping-Mode Atomic Force Microscopy....Pages 3-37
Small Amplitude Atomic Force Spectroscopy....Pages 39-58
Combining Scanning Probe Microscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy....Pages 59-99
Scanning Probe Microscopy and Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle Scattering as Complementary Tools for the Investigation of Polymer Films and Surfaces....Pages 101-134
Near-Field Microwave Microscopy for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology....Pages 135-171
Single Cluster AFM Manipulation: a Specialized Tool to Explore and Control Nanotribology Effects....Pages 173-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Cell Adhesion Receptors Studied by AFM-Based Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy....Pages 197-215
Biological Application of Fast-Scanning Atomic Force Microscopy....Pages 217-246
Transport Properties of Graphene with Nanoscale Lateral Resolution....Pages 247-285
Magnetic Force Microscopy Studies of Magnetic Features and Nanostructures....Pages 287-319
Semiconductors Studied by Cross-sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy....Pages 321-353
A Novel Approach for Oxide Scale Growth Characterization: Combining Etching with Atomic Force Microscopy....Pages 355-383
Self-assembled Transition Metal Nanoparticles on Oxide Nanotemplates....Pages 385-413
Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers: A Conducting-Probe Atomic Force Microscopy Study....Pages 415-437
Assessment of Nanoadhesion and Nanofriction Properties of Formulated Cellulose-Based Biopolymers by AFM....Pages 439-471
Surface Growth Processes Induced by AFM Debris Production. A New Observable for Nanowear....Pages 473-504
Frictional Stick-Slip Dynamics in a Deformable Potential....Pages 505-531
Capillary Adhesion and Nanoscale Properties of Water....Pages 533-549
On the Sensitivity of the Capillary Adhesion Force to the Surface Roughness....Pages 551-571
Front Matter....Pages 573-586
Nanoimaging, Molecular Interaction, and Nanotemplating of Human Rhinovirus....Pages 587-587
Biomimetic Tailoring of the Surface Properties of Polymers at the Nanoscale: Medical Applications....Pages 589-643
Conductive Atomic-Force Microscopy Investigation of Nanostructures in Microelectronics....Pages 645-689
Microscopic Electrical Characterization of Inorganic Semiconductor-Based Solar Cell Materials and Devices Using AFM-Based Techniques....Pages 691-721
Micro and Nanodevices for Thermoelectric Converters....Pages 723-790
Back Matter....Pages 791-812
....Pages 813-816
