Applied scanning probe methods IX: characterization

Luca Gavioli, Cinzia Cepek (auth.), Masahiko Tomitori, Bharat Bhushan, Harald Fuchs (eds.)3540740821, 978-3-540-74082-7

The success of the Springer Series Applied Scanning Probe Methods I–VII and the rapidly expanding activities in scanning probe development and applications worldwide made it a natural step to collect further speci c results in the elds of development of scanning probe microscopy techniques (Vol. VIII), characterization (Vol. IX), and biomimetics and industrial applications (Vol. X). These three volumes complement the previous set of volumes under the subject topics and give insight into the recent work of leading specialists in their respective elds. Following the tradition of the series, the chapters are arranged around techniques, characterization and biomimetics and industrial applications. Volume VIII focuses on novel scanning probe techniques and the understanding of tip/sample interactions. Topics include near eld imaging, advanced AFM, s- cializedscanningprobemethodsinlifesciencesincludingnewselfsensingcantilever systems, combinations of AFM sensors and scanning electron and ion microscopes, calibration methods, frequency modulation AFM for application in liquids, Kelvin probe force microscopy, scanning capacitance microscopy, and the measurement of electrical transport properties at the nanometer scale. Vol. IX focuses on characterization of material surfaces including structural as well as local mechanical characterization, and molecular systems. The volume covers a broad spectrum of STM/AFM investigations including fullerene layers, force spectroscopy for probing material properties in general, biological lms .and cells, epithelial and endothelial layers, medical related systems such as amyloidal aggregates, phospholipid monolayers, inorganic lms on aluminium and copper – ides,tribological characterization, mechanical properties ofpolymernanostructures, technical polymers, and near eld optics.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-LIX
Ultrathin Fullerene-Based Films via STM and STS….Pages 1-21
Quantitative Measurement of Materials Properties with the (Digital) Pulsed Force Mode….Pages 23-54
Advances in SPMs for Investigation and Modification of Solid-Supported Monolayers….Pages 55-88
Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of the Mechanical Properties of Living Cells….Pages 89-109
Towards a Nanoscale View of Microbial Surfaces Using the Atomic Force Microscope….Pages 111-126
Cellular Physiology of Epithelium and Endothelium….Pages 127-148
Application of Atomic Force Microscopy to the Study of Expressed Molecules in or on a Single Living Cell….Pages 149-175
What Can Atomic Force Microscopy Say About Amyloid Aggregates?….Pages 177-205
Atomic Force Microscopy: Interaction Forces Measured in Phospholipid Monolayers, Bilayers and Cell Membranes….Pages 207-234
Self-Assembled Monolayers on Aluminum and Copper Oxide Surfaces: Surface and Interface Characteristics, Nanotribological Properties, and Chemical Stability….Pages 235-281
High Sliding Velocity Nanotribological Investigations of Materials for Nanotechnology Applications….Pages 283-310
Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of One-Dimensional Polymer Nanostructures by AFM….Pages 311-328
Evaluating Tribological Properties of Materials for Total Joint Replacements Using Scanning Probe Microscopy….Pages 329-350
Near-Field Optical Spectroscopy of Single Quantum Constituents….Pages 351-372
Back Matter….Pages 373-387