Fast, high-resolution, non-destructive and quantitative characterization methods are needed
to develop materials with tailored properties at the nanoscale or to understand the …

Hydration layers are ubiquitous in life and technology. Hence, interfacial aqueous layers
have a central role in a wide range of phenomena from materials science to molecular and …

The solid electrolyte interphase in rechargeable Li-ion batteries, its dynamics and,
significantly, its nanoscale structure and composition, hold clues to high-performing and safe …

Filling a gap in the literature, this book features in-depth discussions on amplitude
modulation AFM, providing an overview of the theory, instrumental considerations and …

Interfacial liquid layers play a central role in a variety of phenomena ranging from friction to
molecular recognition. Liquids near a solid surface form an interfacial layer where the …

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 …

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM), also known as amplitude modulated (AM) or
AC mode, is a proven, reliable, and gentle imaging mode with widespread applications …

Microscopists have always pursued the development of an instrument that combines
topography and materials properties analyses at the highest resolution. The measurement of …

The structure and the role of the interfacial water in mediating the interactions of extended
hydrophobic surfaces are not well understood. Two-dimensional materials provide a variety …

We demonstrate the accurate nanoscale mapping of near-surface loss and storage moduli
on a polystyrene–polypropylene blend with contact resonance force microscopy (CR-FM) …