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Atomic Force Microscopy Meets Biophysics, Bioengineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science
Author(s) -
TocaHerrera José L.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201802383
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , characterization (materials science) , atomic force microscopy , chemistry , kelvin probe force microscope , microscopy , self healing hydrogels , scanning probe microscopy , materials science , polymer chemistry , physics , optics
Briefly, herein the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) in the characterization of molecules and (bioengineered) materials related to chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, and environmental science and biotechnology is reviewed. First, the basic operations of standard AFM, Kelvin probe force microscopy, electrochemical AFM, and tip‐enhanced Raman microscopy are described. Second, several applications of these techniques to the characterization of single molecules, polymers, biological membranes, films, cells, hydrogels, catalytic processes, and semiconductors are provided and discussed.