A diagram of a noncontact atomic force microscope (nc-AFM) While it's reassuring to see the real-world basis of molecular diagrams that have littered textbooks and blackboards for decades ...

Their first approach, using a scanning tunneling microscope, provided images that were too fuzzy. They decided to try the noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) technique. Felix Fischer ...

Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) is a direct write lithographic technique that uses an atomic force microscope (AFM) to build a pattern on the substrate material rather than etching it away. In the same ...