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In this chapter, AFM palpation was introduced to verify the entropic elasticity of a single polymer chain and affine deformation hypothesis, both of which are the fundamental subject of mbber physics. The method was also applied to CB-reinforced NR which is one of the most important product from the industrial viewpoint. The current status of arts for the method is still unsophisticated. It would be rather said that we are now in the same stage as the ancients who acquired fire. However, we believe that here is the clue for the conversion of rubber science from theory-guided science into experiment-guided science. AFM is not merely high-resolution microscopy, but a doctor in the twenty-first century who can palpate materials at nanometer scale. 

A combination of specialized staining techniques and high-resolution microscopy has allowed geneticists... 

Further theoretical studies supported by in situ spectroscopy and high-resolution microscopy are needed to be able to understand this unusually strong bonding between Cu and Ce. To apply such first-principles quantum chemical MD approach, new computational methods accelerating computational time by several orders of magnitude must be developed. 

Knowledge of these factors coupled to high-resolution microscopy and flow cytometry techniques would allow observation of such short-lived processes as syngamy and meiosis in cultures and in the field. 

The previous section showed that interpretable HRTEM images are not obtained unless quite stringent experimental conditions are fulfilled. The important questions - What instrumentation does one need, and what does one actually do, to obtain an interpretable HRTEM image - have recently been considered by Veblen (1985a) who has described in some detail the experimental techniques that he has found essential for successful high-resolution microscopy. Because descriptions of tricks-of-the-trade are relatively rare in the literature, his main points are summarized in the following subsections. 

Loberg, B., Norden, H. (1976). High resolution microscopy of grain boundary structure. In Grain Boundary Structure and Properties, edited by G. A. Chadwick D. A. Smith, pp. 1-43. London Academic Press. 

The analysis of the shape, intensity, and shift of these Raman bands allows evaluating the electronic state, structural deformation, and defect density in CNTs and graphene. When complemented by other high-resolution microscopy techniques such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) or X-ray diffraction, pRS offers valuable insight into the structure and properties of these low-dimensional carbon systems. 

One recourse is to use low-destructive test methods that can quantify the efficacy of protective agents [27] and provide evidence of improper use or application of the silicone [4, 15, 27, 28, 32, 36, 37], High-resolution microscopy would offer the advantage of visualizing the reasons for failure of hydrophobic treatments just after application, before they became visible very much later when the weathered materials started to fail [38, 39]. Weak areas such as inadequate uptake of the treatment, poor penetration depth, and incompleteness of coating could be documented just after the masonry treatment had been applied. 

The tracing of the oxygen species is usually performed by oxidation first in 16C>2 and then 18C>2 enriched gas in the gas/solid interface. Thin ( 20 A) oxide film growths on single crystal metals at moderate temperatures can be studied by oxygen isotope labeling combined with high-resolution microscopy. In the case of liquid/solid and electrochemical interfaces there is another complication that arises from the existence of an electric field and the presence of an electrolyte solution with adsorbable anions and solvents. 

Atomic force microscopy is a powerful method for surface characterization. It is based on an interaction between a tip mounted to a cantilever and the substrate. The latter is systematically scanned to obtain a three-dimensional picture of its surface (Figure 3.105). Contrary to other methods in high-resolution microscopy, the samples can be examined at ambient conditions, and even nonconducting materials do not require coating with a metallic conductor, so the effort for sample preparation is markedly reduced. 

Several issues needed to be addressed to devise a strategy to address the question of how attachment errors were corrected. First, kinase inhibition should be temporally controlled to experimentally isolate the error correction process, as Aurora kinases have been implicated in multiple mitotic processes. Second, error correction likely involves some regulation of the dynamics of the microtubule fibers that attach chromosomes to the spindle. These dynamics can be analyzed with high temporal and spatial resolution by high-resolution microscopy in living cells. Finally, the dynamics of individual microtubule fibers are difficult to analyze if that fiber is obscured by other microtubules in the spindle. The dynamics can be clearly observed, however, under conditions in which the improperly attached chromosomes are positioned away from the spindle body. 

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