In this report we review the fundamentals, applications and future tendencies of dynamic
atomic force microscopy (AFM) methods. Our focus is on understanding why the changes …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the microscopic techniques with the highest lateral
resolution. It can usually be applied in air or even in liquids, enabling the investigation of a …

Atomic force microscopy is an amazing technique that allies a versatile methodology (that
allows measurement of samples in liquid, vacuum or air) to imaging with unprecedented …

Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

The past two decades have seen atomic force microscopy (AFM) evolve from an
experimental technique to probe simple surface topography to one that can spatially map …

We investigated the influence of the relative humidity on amplitude and phase of the
cantilever oscillation while operating an atomic force microscope (AFM) in the tapping mode …

A force microscope operated with an amplitude modulation feedback (usually known as
tapping-mode atomic force microscope) has two tip-sample interaction regimes, attractive …

Amplitude-modulation (tapping mode) atomic force microscopy is a technique for high
resolution imaging of a wide variety of surfaces in air and liquid environments. Here by using …

The origin of phase contrast in tapping-mode atomic force microscopy has been investigated
using two complementary scanning probe microscopy techniques, atomic force microscopy …

The near-resonant, nonlinear dynamic response of microcantilevers in atomic force
microscopy is investigated through numerical continuation techniques and simulations of …