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Danzebrink HU, Koenders L, Wilkening G, Yacoot A, Kunzmann H (2006) Advances in scanning force microscopy for dimensional metrology. Ann CIRP 55(2) 841-878... 

SFM Scanning force microscopy Another name for AFM Surface structure... 

Welter O, Bayer T and Greschner J 1991 Micromachined silicon sensors for scanning force microscopy J. Vac. Sc/. Technol. B 9 1353... 

Unertl, W.N., Implications of contact mechanics models for mechanical properties measurements using scanning force microscopy. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A Vac. Surf. Films, 17(4), 1779-1786(1999). 

Fulda and coworkers [92,93], Bliznyuk and Tsukruk [94], and Serizawa and coworkers [95-97] were the first who tried to use this technique for the preparation of ordered bi- and multilayer assemblies of oppositely charged latex particles. The structure was investigated using scanning force microscopy (SFM) and SEM. In a further publication, Kampes and Tieke [98] studied the influence of the preparation conditions on the state of order of the monolayers. In the following section, the recent studies are more extensively reviewed. 

As was the case for Percec s hybrid structures [25] (see above), studies of the G3-dendronized PPP by scanning force microscopy revealed a high degree of dimensional ordering in which the three-fold symmetry of the substrate surface is effectively recognized by the nanocylinders over several layers of polymer [32], More recently, Schluter extended his study to the preparation of a PPP hybrid... 

Mieroscopic visualization techniques have also been used to investigate mucus-polymer interactions [36-39]. Transmission electron microscopy was used by Fiebrig et al. [36], whereas different microscopical techniques were used by Lehr et al. [37] for the visualization of mucoadhesive interfaces. Transmission electron microscopy in combination with near-fleld Fourier transform infrared microscopy (FT-IR) has been shown to be suitable for investigating the adhesion-promoting effect of polyethyleneglycol added in a hydrogel [38]. Moreover, scanning force microscopy may be a valuable approaeh to obtain information on mueoadhesion and specific adhesion phenomena [39]. 

For many reasons, the tapping mode is one of the most versatile developments in scanning force microscopy [ 114]. It was originally introduced for stable imaging at ambient conditions as the probe penetrates the contamination layer rapidly and intermittently. Besides that, there are three other key advantages of... 

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