Scanning Probe Microscopes

Download or read book Scanning Probe Microscopy written by Bert Voigtländer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the operating principles of atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. The aim of this book is to enable the reader to operate a scanning probe microscope successfully and understand the data obtained with the microscope. The chapters on the scanning probe techniques are complemented by the chapters on fundamentals and important technical aspects. This textbook is primarily aimed at graduate students from physics, materials science, chemistry, nanoscience and engineering, as well as researchers new to the field.