[HTML][HTML] Soft matter analysis via atomic force microscopy (AFM): A review

AM Joshua, G Cheng, EV Lau - Applied Surface Science Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft materials or soft condensed matter are being globally developed for various
technological applications for chemical, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, agri-business …

Diversity of physical properties of bacterial extracellular membrane vesicles revealed through atomic force microscopy phase imaging

Y Kikuchi, N Obana, M Toyofuku, N Kodera, T Soma… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacteria release nanometer-scale extracellular membrane vesicles (MVs) to mediate a
variety of biological processes. We analyzed individual MVs under physiological conditions …

Body forces drive the apparent line tension of sessile droplets

BH Tan, H An, CD Ohl - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The line tension of a three-phase contact line is implicated in a wide variety of interfacial
phenomena, but there is ongoing controversy, with existing measurements spanning six …

[HTML][HTML] 原子力显微镜在高分子表征中的应用

王冰花, 陈金龙, 张彬 - 高分子学报, 2023 - gfzxb.org
原子力显微镜(AFM) 是一种在纳米尺度表征材料表面形貌结构, 性能和演变的有效工具,
在高分子科学领域具有广泛应用. AFM 不仅可以表征高分子从单分子链到聚集态结构的形貌与 …

Atomic force microscopy of food assembly: Structural and mechanical insights at the nanoscale and potential opportunities from other fields

S Obeid, F Guyomarc'h - Food Bioscience, 2020 - Elsevier
The atomic force microscope (AFM) has opened access to the nanoscale observation of
molecular and colloidal structures in aqueous media, and of their dynamics upon …

Wetting behavior of surface nanodroplets regulated by periodic nanostructured surfaces

L Zhou, S Yang, N Quan, Z Geng, S Wang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surfaces with nanostructure patterning are broadly encountered in nature, and they play a
significant role in regulating various phenomena such as phase transition at the liquid/solid …

Influence of the Dissolved Gas on the Interfacial Properties of Decane Surface Nanodroplets

Z Geng, L Zhou, Z Fang, J Wang, K Yuan, L Zhang… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surface nanodroplets have received extensive attention recently due to their potential in the
fabrication of functional materials with nanostructures and chemical reactions at micro-and …

Properties of blisters formed on polymer films and differentiating them from Nanobubbles/Nanodrops

D Li, Y Liu, L Qi, J Gu, Q Tang, X Wang, B Bhushan - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
When studying surface nanobubbles on film-coated substrates, a class of bubble-like
domains called blisters are probably forming at the solid–liquid interface together with …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical and physicochemical characteristics of sub-millimeter and macrobubbles: Insights from AFM analysis, zeta potential measurements and rise …

AM Joshua, EH Ooi, WS Chang, EV Lau - Results in Surfaces and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents the change in mechanical and physicochemical behaviour of
macrobubbles and sub-millimeter bubbles with respect to pH. While macrobubbles …

Identification of surface nanobubbles and resolving their size-dependent stiffness

YQ Jia, BY Zhao, AA Mehrizi, C Wang, Y Xu… - Science China Physics …, 2020 - Springer
We report a comparative investigation of the topographic features and nanomechanical
responses of surface nanobubbles, polymeric nanodrops, and solid microparticles …