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Atomic force microscopy in vitro study of surface roughness and fractal character of a dental restoration composite after air-polishing
... Three differently ranked AP conditions (untreated, ‘ least AP damaged ’ , and ‘ most AP damaged’) were further characterized by means of a fractal analysis of the spatial distri- bution of the surface roughness ...
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Studying the Adhesion Force and Glass Transition of Thin Polystyrene Films by Atomic Force Microscopy
... adhesion force between AFM tip and film surface is contributed by several forces, including contact forces, van der Waals forces, capillary force, and electrostatic ...Waals force is constant in this ...
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Film Forming Properties of Fullerene Derivatives in Electrospray Deposition Method
... electron microscopy observation of the fabri- cated thin films showed that imbricated structures were formed through the stacking of the fullerene-derivative ...sheets. Atomic force microscopy ...
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Theoretical modelling of non-contact atomic force microscopy on insulators
... W hile looking a t th e d a ta produced in these experim ents it is always im portant to rem em ber the conditions of relevance to the preparation of an AFM tip. These are: UHV - pressure less th an 10“ ^° m bar and room ...
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bOptimizing atomic force microscopy for characterization of diamond protein interfaces
... Diamond is an attractive material for merging solid-state and biological systems [1-7]. Polished monocrystalline diamonds (MCDs) exhibit low enough surface roughness (RMS < 1 nm) so that they are suitable for ...
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Atomic force microscopy analysis of nanoparticles in non ideal conditions
... • particle radius determined by radial power spectral density evaluation. Here, a 2D Fast Fourier trans- form is performed from the whole image, and the particle size is determined from the observed max- ima in the ...
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Nanofractal Analysis of Material Surfaces Using Atomic Force Microscopy
... aforementioned method and are shown in Table 2. The simulated surfaces based on these values are shown in Fig. 22. These simulation results were in good agreement with the experimental results. From Table 2 it is seen ...
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Improved osseointegration properties of hierarchical microtopographic/nanotopographic coatings fabricated on titanium implants
... the atomic force microscopy (AFM) data, the polished surface of the Ti substrate after mechanical treatment has been characterized by low rough- ness: medium height (Ra) was ~ ...average ...
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Investigations into the impact of various substrates and ZnO ultra thin seed layers prepared by atomic layer deposition on growth of ZnO nanowire array
... by atomic layer deposition on the geometric morphology of subsequent ZnO nanowire arrays (NWs) fabricated by the hydrothermal method was ...electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction measurements revealed ...
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Annealing of gold nanostructures sputtered on polytetrafluoroethylene
... and roughness are examined by atomic force microscopy, electrical sheet resistance by two point technique, zeta potential by electrokinetic analysis and chemical composition by X-ray ...
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Mechanics of Interactions and Atomic-Scale Wear of Tips ian Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy
... sample roughness are of concern, since we use the DMT model, which assumes perfectly smooth surfaces, to relate a pull-off force obtained with a slightly rough tip and sample to an effective work of ...
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Liquid-Liquid Interfacial Imaging Using Atomic Force Microscopy
... (AFM) is achieved through the self-assembly of interfacial layers of either polymers, lipids, or nanoparticles. Stabilization of the interface through spreading of a thin film of polystyrene-b-poly(methyl-methacrylate) ...
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Conductive probe atomic force microscopy characterization of silicon nanowire
... The IPSLS [10,13,14] approach, using indium (In) cata- lyst droplets and a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a- Si:H) layer, was used to grow horizontal SiNWs. More precisely, In catalyst droplets were prepared by superfi- ...
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Plasma-activated water: a new and effective alternative for duodenoscope reprocessing
... To assess the impact of repeated PAW treatment on duode- noscope polymer structure, a challenge test was performed. The samples were immersed in PAW for 30 minutes daily, for a 45-day period. The controls were treated ...
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Investigation by Atomic Force Microscopy of the Structure of Ty3 Retrotransposon Particles
... Ty3, a member of the Metaviridiae family of long-terminal-repeat retrotransposons found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, encodes homologs of retroviral Gag and Gag-Pol proteins, which, together with genomic RNA, as- semble ...
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Nanoscale observation of surface potential and carrier transport in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin films grown by sputtering based two step process
... Conductive atomic force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy were used to explore the local electrical properties of the surface of CZTSSe thin ...
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Structure and Strength: Anisotropic Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogels and Spider Mite Silk Fibres
... A PVA hydrogel was studied using a BioScope II atomic force microscope (Veeco Metrol- ogy Inc., Santa Barbara, CA). A cycle-ten hydrogel was imaged because it was sti ff er than hydrogels made with fewer ...
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Forensic Application of Atomic Force Microscopy for Age Determination of Bloodstains
... significantly (p < 0.001). However, because of the large number of YM data significance is mainly caused by the size of the sample rather than by the chosen level of significance and thus leading to the detection of ...
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The Role Of Sliding Contact In Nanoscale Tribochemistry
... the force required to subsequently separate the ...Some atomic-scale wear likely occurs in the experiments, though it is undetectable from test to test within the resolution limit of < 1nm 2 in the image ...
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Corrosion Initiation and Propagation on Carburized Martensitic Stainless Steel Surfaces Studied via Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy
... Magnetic force microscopy showed differences in magnetic domains between the matrix and carbides, while scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM) revealed a 90–200 mV Volta potential ...
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