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Atomic Force Microscopy

Atomic Force Microscopy is a scanning probe microscopy technique that measures nanoscale topography and surface forces by detecting the deflection of a cantilever-tip assembly as it interacts with a sample surface through atomic and molecular interactions.

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Atomic Force Microscope

G. Binnig, C. F. Quate, Ch. Gerber · Physical Review Letters · 1986 · 14.4K citations · Full text

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Theory of the scanning tunneling microscope

J. Tersoff, D. R. Hamann · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 1985 · 4.3K citations

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Calibration of atomic-force microscope tips

Jeffrey L. Hutter, John Bechhoefer · Review of Scientific Instruments · 1993 · 4.2K citations

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Force measurements with the atomic force microscope: Technique, interpretation and applications

Hans‐Jürgen Butt, Brunero Cappella, Michael Kappl · Surface Science Reports · 2005 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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Positioning single atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope

D. M. Eigler, E. K. Schweizer · Nature · 1990 · 3.1K citations

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  1. PK
    Paul K. Hansma

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    107 publications · 17.6K citations

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    Bharat Bhushan

    The Ohio State University, United States

    134 publications · 9.8K citations

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    Ernst Meyer

    University of Basel, Switzerland

    170 publications · 12.7K citations

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    C. F. Quate

    Stanford University, United States

    64 publications · 23.6K citations

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  5. HB
    Hans‐Jürgen Butt

    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

    82 publications · 11.9K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    98 h-index

    3.9K publications

    186.7K citations

  2. University of Basel

    Basel, Switzerland

    90 h-index

    1.4K publications

    130.5K citations

  3. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    88 h-index

    941 publications

    130.5K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    83 h-index

    633 publications

    110.5K citations

  5. IBM Research - Zurich

    Rüschlikon, Switzerland

    72 h-index

    507 publications

    64.6K citations

  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    70 h-index

    689 publications

    57.8K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    70 h-index

    599 publications

    53.2K citations

  8. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    68 h-index

    478 publications

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  1. Applied Physics Letters

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 389 publications · 63.6K citations

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  4. Biophysical Journal

    309 publications · 40.2K citations

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  5. Nano Letters

    423 publications · 35K citations

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