Scanning Probe Microscopy in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 3

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Laser-Assisted Scanning Probe Alloying Nanolithography (LASPAN)

      • Luohan Peng, Huiliang Zhang, Philip Hemmer, Hong Liang

      Pages 3-21

   3. Characterization and Optimization of Quartz Tuning Fork-Based Force Sensors for Combined STM/AFM

      • Andres Castellanos-Gomez, Nicolás Agraït, Gabino Rubio-Bollinger

      Pages 23-53

   4. Exploring Mesoscale Contact Mechanics by Atomic Force Microscopy

      • Renato Buzio

      Pages 55-75

3. Characterization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Atomic Force Microscopy for DNA SNP Identification

      • Ugo Valbusa, Vincenzo Ierardi

      Pages 79-98

   3. Atomic Force Microscopy of Isolated Nanostructures: Biomolecular Imaging in Hydrated Environments – Status and Future Prospects

      • Sergio Santos, Neil H. Thomson

      Pages 99-135

   4. Single-Molecule Studies of Integrins by AFM-Based Force Spectroscopy on Living Cells

      • Robert H. Eibl

      Pages 137-169

   5. Nanomechanics of Yeast Surfaces Revealed by AFM

      • Etienne Dague, Audrey Beaussart, David Alsteens

      Pages 171-193

   6. Recent Developments in In Situ SFM of Block Copolymers: 3D Volume Structures and Dynamics

      • Markus Hund, Clemens Liedel, Larisa Tsarkova, Alexander Böker

      Pages 195-233

   7. Surface Morphology and Crystallinity of Polyamides Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy

      • Tamara Elzein, Maurice Brogly, Sophie Bistac

      Pages 235-247

   8. Application of Atomic Force Microscopy in Natural Polymers

      • Alessandra Luzia Da Róz, Carolina de Castro Bueno, Fabio Minoru Yamaji, Ana Lucia Brandl, Fabio de Lima Leite

      Pages 249-290

   9. Investigation of Nanopatterned Functional Polymer Surfaces by AFM in Pulsed Force Mode

      • Olivier Soppera, Ali Dirani, Safi Jradi, Vincent Roucoules, Hamidou Haidara

      Pages 291-315

   10. Reconstruction of Energy Surfaces from Friction Force Microscopy Measurements with the Jarzynski Equality

       • Ronen Berkovich, Joseph Klafter, Michael Urbakh

       Pages 317-334

   11. Contact and Friction of One- and Two-Dimensional Nanostructures

       • Yin Zhang, Ya-pu Zhao

       Pages 335-361

   12. Van der Waals and Capillary Adhesion of Polycrystalline Silicon Micromachined Surfaces

       • Frank W. DelRio, Martin L. Dunn, Maarten P. de Boer

       Pages 363-393

4. Industrial Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 395-395

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   2. Atomic Force Microscopy in Bioengineering Applications

      • R. Colaço, P. A. Carvalho

      Pages 397-430

   3. Bridging Nano- and Microtribology in Mechanical and Biomolecular Layers

      • Agnieszka Tomala, Hakan Göçerler, Ille C. Gebeshuber

      Pages 431-483

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.

• High-speed AFM imaging
• SNOM
• atomic force microscopy
• biological nanocharacterization
• biomimetics
• overview of SPM applications
• scanning probe microscopy
• scanning tunneling microscopy
• spectroscopic techniques in SPM

• , Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- &, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

  Bharat Bhushan

Bharat Bhushan is Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor at the College of Engineering, and Director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2) at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. He authored 6 scientific books, more than 90 handbook chapters, more than 700 scientific papers (h factor – 42+), and more than 60 scientific reports, edited more than 45 books, and holds 17 U.S. and foreign patents. Bharat Bhusan received numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for Senior Scientists, Max Planck Foundation Research Award for Outstanding Foreign Scientists, and the Fulbright Senior Scholar Award. He worked for various research labs including IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA.

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