Scanning Probe Microscopy brings up to date a constantly growing knowledge base of
electrical and electromechanical characterization at the nanoscale. This comprehensive, two …

Scanning probe microscopy methods allow the investigation of a variety of sample surface
properties on a nanometer scale, even down to single molecules. As molecular electronics …

Strain and electromechanical coupling are ubiquitous in nature, and exist in many
processes involved in information technology, energy conversion, and biological …

Functionality of biological and inorganic systems ranging from nonvolatile computer
memories and microelectromechanical systems to electromotor proteins and cellular …

The rapid development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the last two decades was
stimulated by the emergence of scanning probe microscopy techniques capable of …

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM), a key invention in nanoscience, has by now been
extended to a wide spectrum of basic and applied fields. Its application to basic science led …

In the three decades since scanning probe microscopy (SPM) methods have entered the
scientific arena, they have become one of the main tools of nanoscale science and …

As the size of electronic devices continues to shrink, characterization methods capable of
precisely probing localized properties become increasingly important. Scanning probe …

Examining the physical and technical foundation for recent progress with this technique,
Applied Scanning Probe Methods offers a timely and comprehensive overview of SPM …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is a powerful method widely used for nanoscale
studies of the electromechanical coupling effect in various materials systems. Here, we …