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Both TCSPC and TG benefit from operation in SPC mode. SPC results in little or no noise and a high photon-economy [10]. Therefore, TCSPC and TG are ideal for high spatial and lifetime resolution imaging [24], Both techniques offer high image contrast also on dim samples. However, the dead-time of the detectors and the point scanning character limit the throughput of these systems. 

Treating vibrational excitations in lattice systems of adsorbed molecules in terms of bound harmonic oscillators (as presented in Chapter III and also in Appendix 1) provides only a general notion of basic spectroscopic characteristics of an adsorbate, viz. spectral line frequencies and integral intensities. This approach, however, fails to account for line shapes and manipulates spectral lines as shapeless infinitely narrow and infinitely high images described by the Dirac -functions. In simplest cases, the shape of symmetric spectral lines can be characterized by their maximum positions and full width at half maximum (FWHM). These parameters are very sensitive to various perturbations and changes in temperature and can therefore provide additional evidence on the state of an adsorbate and its binding to a surface. 

Not only can errors in absorbance measurements arise from non-linearity in the detector circuitry, but distortion in the linearity of the position of channel detector elements can lead to a corresponding distortion of the measured intensity profile. The geometric distortion of the SIT vidicon, as stated in the specification sheet supplied by the OMA manufacturer, is typically 2 channels between channels 100 and 400 for a 2.5 mm high image centered on the tube. This distortion is sufficient to require correction of data obtained for experiments with steep concentration gradients in our system. 

In the past, the primary focus of new inkjet technology development was in the increase of print resolution. By the use of smaller and more accurately placed drops, clever image processing/ manipulation and greyscale techniques, inkjet has reached the limit of what the human eye can differentiate (evidenced by toda) s low cost, ultra-high image quality consumer printers). 

Isolation of the molecules can be achieved, e.g., by adsorbing polymers in very low concentrations on suitable substrates. If clustering of the molecules can be avoided and the adhesion energies are sufficiently high, imaging of individual molecules by AFM methods, and here, in particular, intermittent contact or tapping mode AFM, is possible. Contact mode AFM is less advisable, since due to lateral forces the tip tends to displace and transfer molecules across the sample. The first example of a successful imaging of the conformation of a flexible polymer was reported by Kumaki et al., who studied PS-6-PMMA on mica (Fig. 3.8) [22]. 

In the example, shown in Fig. 3.40 egg PC lipid bilayer patches on glass were imaged by contact mode AFM using slightly different forces. For high imaging forces corresponding to hard wall contact (Fig. 3.40, left) the patches appear... 

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J.C. Jones and S. Beldon, 10.4 High image content zenithal bistable devices, SID Symp. Digest Tech. Papers 35(1), 140 143, (2004). doi 10.1889/1.1825769... 

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