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Part One Microscopy Fundamentals |
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1 | (98) |
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3 | (6) |
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6 | (3) |
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2 Scanning Probe Microscopy Basics |
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9 | (26) |
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2.1 Basic Principles of Scanning Probe Microscopy |
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9 | (1) |
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2.2 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
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10 | (1) |
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2.3 Advent of Atomic Force Microscopy |
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10 | (1) |
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2.4 Overview of Instrumentation |
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11 | (5) |
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11 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Microcantilevers as Force Sensors |
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12 | (3) |
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2.4.3 Electronic Feedback |
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15 | (1) |
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2.5 Probes and Cantilevers in Scanning Probe Microscopy |
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16 | (8) |
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2.5.1 Physical Attributes of Microcantilevers |
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18 | (3) |
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2.5.2 Tip Characterization |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (4) |
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25 | (1) |
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2.6.2 Noncontact Mode and Tapping Mode |
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26 | (2) |
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2.7 Advantages and Limitations |
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28 | (7) |
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29 | (6) |
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3 Basics of Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Soft Matter |
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3.1 Physical Principles: Forces of Interaction |
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35 | (7) |
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36 | (1) |
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36 | (2) |
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3.1.3 Other Forces of Interaction |
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38 | (2) |
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3.1.4 Resolution Criteria |
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40 | (1) |
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3.1.5 Scan Rates and Resonances |
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41 | (1) |
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3.2 Imaging in Controlled Environment |
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42 | (4) |
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3.2.1 AFM Imaging in Liquid |
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42 | (2) |
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3.2.2 AFM at Controlled Temperature |
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44 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Imaging in Controlled Humidity |
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44 | (2) |
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3.3 Artifacts in AFM Imaging of Soft Materials |
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46 | (13) |
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3.3.1 Surface Damage and Deformation |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Damaged and Contaminated Tip or Surface |
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48 | (2) |
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3.3.4 Noises and Vibrations |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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3.3.6 Thermal Drift and Piezoelement Creep |
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53 | (2) |
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3.3.7 Oscillations and Artificial Periodicities |
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55 | (1) |
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3.3.8 Image Processing Artifacts |
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56 | (3) |
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3.4 Some Suggestions and Hints for Avoiding Artifacts |
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59 | (10) |
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3.4.1 Tip Testing and Deconvolution |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (2) |
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3.4.3 Tip Contamination and Cleaning |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (30) |
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4.1 Surface Force Spectroscopy |
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69 | (3) |
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4.1.1 Introduction to Force Spectroscopy |
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69 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Force---Distance Curves |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (1) |
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4.2 Friction Force Microscopy |
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72 | (2) |
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4.3 Shear Modulation Force Microscopy |
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74 | (1) |
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4.4 Chemical Force Microscopy (CFM) |
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75 | (2) |
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4.5 Pulsed Force Microscopy |
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77 | (1) |
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4.6 Colloidal Probe Microscopy |
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78 | (1) |
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4.7 Scanning Thermal Microscopy |
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79 | (7) |
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4.7.1 Thermal Resistive Probes and Spatial Resolution |
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81 | (1) |
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4.7.2 Localized Thermal Analysis |
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82 | (1) |
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4.7.3 Thermal Conductivity |
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83 | (3) |
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4.8 Kelvin Probe and Electrostatic Force Microscopy |
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86 | (2) |
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4.9 Conductive Force Microscopy |
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88 | (1) |
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4.10 Magnetic Force Microscopy |
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89 | (1) |
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4.11 Scanning Acoustic Force Microscopy |
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90 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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4.11.2 Ultrasonic Force Microscopy |
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90 | (2) |
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4.12 High-Speed Scanning Probe Microscopy |
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92 | (7) |
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94 | (5) |
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Part Two Probing Nanoscale Physical and Chemical Properties |
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99 | (124) |
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5 Mechanical Properties of Polymers and Macromolecules |
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101 | (52) |
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5.1 Elements of Contact Mechanics and Elastic Modulus |
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102 | (10) |
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5.1.1 General SFS Nanoprobing Principles |
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102 | (4) |
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106 | (2) |
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5.1.3 Issues and Key Assumptions with Nanomechanical Probing |
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108 | (4) |
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5.2 Probing of Elastic Moduli for Different Materials: Selected Examples |
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112 | (13) |
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5.2.1 Bulk Materials and Blends |
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112 | (5) |
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5.2.2 Ultrathin Polymer Films from Different Polymers |
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117 | (5) |
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5.2.3 Probing Individual Macromolecules |
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122 | (3) |
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5.3 Adhesion Measurements |
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125 | (6) |
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5.4 Viscoelasticity Measurements |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (4) |
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5.6 Unfolding of Macromolecules |
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139 | (14) |
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144 | (9) |
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6 Probing of Microthermal Properties |
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153 | (22) |
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153 | (1) |
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6.2 Measurements of Glass Transition |
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154 | (6) |
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6.2.1 Ultrathin Polymer Films |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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6.2.3 Thin Films from Polymer Blends |
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157 | (2) |
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6.2.4 Depth Variation of Glass Transition in Photodegradable Polymers |
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159 | (1) |
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6.3 Melting, Crystallization, and Liquid Crystalline Phase Transformations |
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160 | (5) |
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6.4 Thermal Expansion of Microstructures |
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165 | (4) |
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6.5 Surface Thermal Conductivity |
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169 | (6) |
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173 | (2) |
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7 Chemical and Electrical Properties |
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175 | (24) |
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7.1 Chemical Interactions |
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175 | (7) |
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7.1.1 Chemical Interactions between Molecular Assemblies |
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176 | (3) |
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7.1.2 Chemical Interactions of Polymer Surfaces |
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179 | (3) |
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7.2 Electrochemical Properties |
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182 | (1) |
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7.3 Work Function and Surface Potential |
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183 | (5) |
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7.3.1 Effect of Tip Shape on Surface Potential and Work Function Measurements |
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184 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Surface Potential and Work Function of Molecular and Polymeric Surfaces |
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185 | (2) |
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7.3.3 Surface Potential and Work Function of Low-Dimensional Carbon Systems |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (6) |
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190 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Effect of Tip---Sample Interaction on Conductivity Measurements |
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191 | (1) |
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7.4.3 C-AFM of Polymeric and Molecular Systems |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (5) |
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195 | (4) |
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8 Scanning Probe Optical Techniques |
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199 | (24) |
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8.1 Fundamental Principles |
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199 | (1) |
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8.2 Introduction to Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy |
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199 | (4) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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8.3 Examples of NSOM Studies of Polymer and Polymer Blends |
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203 | (3) |
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8.3.1 NSOM for Monitoring the Composition and Physical State |
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203 | (2) |
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8.3.2 Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers and Their Blends |
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205 | (1) |
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8.4 Multicolor NSOM Measurements |
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206 | (1) |
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8.5 Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopy |
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207 | (5) |
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8.6 AFM Tip-Enhanced Fluorescence |
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212 | (2) |
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8.7 Integrating AFM with Fluorescence Optical Microscopy |
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214 | (1) |
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8.8 Integrating AFM with Confocal Raman Microscopy |
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215 | (8) |
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218 | (5) |
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Part Three Scanning Probe Techniques for Various Soft Materials |
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223 | (304) |
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9 Amorphous and Poorly Ordered Polymers |
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225 | (32) |
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225 | (1) |
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9.2 Glassy Amorphous Polymers |
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226 | (8) |
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234 | (7) |
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241 | (10) |
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9.5 Interpenetrating Polymer Networks |
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251 | (6) |
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253 | (4) |
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10 Organized Polymeric Materials |
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257 | (38) |
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10.1 Crystalline Polymers |
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257 | (14) |
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10.1.1 Polyethylene Crystals |
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258 | (2) |
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10.1.2 Polypropylene Crystals and Materials |
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260 | (3) |
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10.1.3 Polyethylene Oxide Crystals |
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263 | (3) |
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10.1.4 Poly-ε-Caprolactone Crystals |
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266 | (1) |
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10.1.5 Polylactic Acid Crystals |
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267 | (1) |
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10.1.6 Crystalline Block Copolymers |
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267 | (2) |
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10.1.7 Other Polymer Crystals |
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269 | (2) |
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10.2 Liquid Crystalline Polymeric Materials |
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271 | (4) |
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10.3 Periodic Polymeric Structures |
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275 | (20) |
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287 | (8) |
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11 Highly Branched Macromolecules |
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295 | (34) |
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11.1 Dendrimers and Dendritic Molecules |
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295 | (6) |
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301 | (4) |
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11.3 Hyperbranched Polymers |
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305 | (7) |
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312 | (6) |
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11.5 Highly Branched Nanoparticles |
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318 | (11) |
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320 | (9) |
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12 Multicomponent Polymer Systems and Fibers |
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329 | (40) |
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330 | (7) |
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337 | (9) |
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12.3 Polymer Nanocomposites |
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346 | (6) |
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352 | (4) |
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12.5 Micro- and Nanofibers |
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356 | (13) |
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364 | (5) |
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13 Engineered Surface and Interfacial Materials |
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369 | (48) |
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13.1 Surface Brush Layers |
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369 | (22) |
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13.1.1 Homopolymer Brush Layers |
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371 | (9) |
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13.1.2 Grafted Diblock Copolymers |
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380 | (7) |
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13.1.3 Mixed Brush Layers |
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387 | (4) |
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13.2 Self-Assembled Monolayers |
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391 | (13) |
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13.2.1 Growth Modes of SAMs |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (2) |
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396 | (3) |
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13.2.4 Nanotribological Studies |
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399 | (2) |
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13.2.5 Adsorption Control with Surface Modifications |
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401 | (3) |
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13.3 Adsorbed Macromolecules on Different Substrates |
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404 | (13) |
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13.3.1 Short-Chain Linear Molecules |
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404 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Long-Chain Macromolecules |
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405 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Brush-Like Macromolecules |
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406 | (3) |
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409 | (8) |
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14 Langmuir---Blodgett and Layer-by-Layer Structures |
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417 | (42) |
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418 | (16) |
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14.1.1 Conventional LbL Films |
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418 | (4) |
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14.1.2 Composite LbL Films |
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422 | (10) |
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432 | (2) |
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14.2 Langmuir---Blodgett Films |
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434 | (25) |
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14.2.1 Molecular Order and Defects |
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435 | (6) |
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14.2.2 Mixed and Composite LB Films |
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441 | (6) |
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14.2.3 Mechanical and Tribological Properties |
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447 | (6) |
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453 | (6) |
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15 Colloids and Microcapsules |
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459 | (34) |
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15.1 Colloids and Latexes |
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460 | (8) |
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15.1.1 Individual and Aggregated Solid Microparticles |
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461 | (2) |
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15.1.2 Composite Microparticles |
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463 | (5) |
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15.2 Thin Shell Microcapsules |
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468 | (9) |
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468 | (4) |
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15.2.2 Hollow Biomolecular and Biotemplated Microcapsules |
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472 | (2) |
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15.2.3 AFM Testing of Mechanical Properties of LbL Microcapsules |
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474 | (3) |
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15.3 Replicas and Anisotropic Template Structures |
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477 | (3) |
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15.3.1 Anisotropic Replicas |
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477 | (2) |
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15.3.2 Colloidal Templated Crystals |
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479 | (1) |
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15.4 Interfacial Adhesion between Particles and Surfaces |
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480 | (13) |
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484 | (9) |
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16 Biomaterials and Biological Structures |
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493 | (34) |
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16.1 Imaging Adsorbed Biomacromolecules |
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493 | (11) |
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16.1.1 General Approaches and Selected Examples |
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493 | (9) |
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502 | (2) |
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16.2 Probing Specific Biomolecular Interactions |
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504 | (3) |
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16.2.1 General Approaches to Nanoprobing |
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504 | (1) |
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16.2.2 Examples of Biomolecular Interactions |
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505 | (2) |
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16.3 Mechanics of Individual Biomacromolecules |
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507 | (8) |
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16.3.1 Stretching and Pulling of Long-Chain Molecules |
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507 | (4) |
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16.3.2 Unfolding of Different Biomacromolecules |
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511 | (4) |
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16.4 Single-Cell Elasticity |
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515 | (3) |
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16.5 Lipid Bilayers as Cell Membrane Mimics |
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518 | (9) |
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522 | (5) |
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Part Four Nanomanipulation, Patterning, and Sensing |
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527 | (96) |
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17 Scanning Probe Microscopy on Practical Devices |
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529 | (22) |
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17.1 Electrical SPM of Active Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices |
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529 | (11) |
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17.2 Magnetic Force Microscopy of Storage Devices |
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540 | (2) |
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17.3 NSOM of Electrooptical Devices and Nanostructures |
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542 | (3) |
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17.4 Friction Force Microscopy of Storage Media and MEMS Devices |
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545 | (6) |
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547 | (4) |
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18 Nanolithography with Intrusive AFM Tip |
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551 | (26) |
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18.1 Introduction to AFM Nanolithography |
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551 | (1) |
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18.2 Mechanical Lithography |
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552 | (7) |
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18.3 Local Oxidative Lithography |
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559 | (2) |
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18.4 Electrostatic Nanolithography |
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561 | (6) |
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18.5 Thermomechanical Nanolithography |
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567 | (10) |
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572 | (5) |
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19 Dip-Pen Nanolithography |
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577 | (20) |
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19.1 Basics of the Ink and Pen Approach |
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577 | (4) |
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19.2 Writing with a Single Pen |
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581 | (6) |
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19.3 Simultaneous Writing with Multiple Pens and Large-Scale DPN |
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587 | (10) |
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592 | (5) |
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20 Microcantilever-Based Sensors |
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597 | (26) |
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20.1 Basic Modes of Operation |
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597 | (6) |
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20.1.1 General Introduction |
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597 | (1) |
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20.1.2 Static Deflection Mode |
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598 | (2) |
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20.1.3 Dynamic Resonance Frequency Shift Mode |
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600 | (1) |
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20.1.4 Heat Sensing Behavior |
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601 | (2) |
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20.2 Thermal and Vapor Sensing |
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603 | (8) |
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20.2.1 Microcantilever Thermal Sensors |
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603 | (3) |
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606 | (5) |
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20.3 Sensing in Liquid Environment |
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611 | (12) |
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615 | (8) |
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