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Comparison of the fiber and thin film formed on SiO2/Si and Cu substrates using the same C12S3Br6 molecule source (IMAGE)

(a) Schematic of vapor deposition process with two heat zones. (b) SEM image of fibers formed on SiO2/Si substrate. (c) Comparison of XRD data for fibers and the source. (d) TEM image of a fiber. (e) ...
AZOM

Which AFM Substrates Are Used to Image Small Biological Objects?

What is Atomic Force Microscopy? Atomic force microscopy has been an effective and essential method utilized extensively for nanotechnology, physics, and biological applications. It is a surface ...
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Growth of a thin film with other conjugated molecules containing Br groups (IMAGE)

(a–c) Optical, SEM, and AFM images, respectively, of a grown film transferred to a SiO2/Si substrate using C24H4O2Br2 as the source. The inset in (a) shows the molecule structure of the sample. (d–f) ...
Nanowerk

Researchers predict protein placement on AFM substrates

(Nanowerk News) The observation of biomolecular structures using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and the direct visualization of functional conformational dynamics in high-speed AFM (HS-AFM) experiments ...
AZoNano

A Guide to AFM Sample Preparation

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a very popular analysis tool for 3D surface topology visualization and other measurements on a wide range of materials at nanoscales ...
Nanowerk

Improving AFM probe performance with a coat of graphene

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Most of the research efforts on developing synthesis methods for graphene has focused on flat substrates. Some groups have reported the formation of free-standing 3D ...