Applications of AFM
With over 20 modes of operation, AFMs went far beyond the limits of surfaces topography, allowing viscoelasticity and nanomechanics testing, electrical and magnetic properties measurements, conductivity and piezoelectricity, nanolithography and thermal properties.
A good point to start looking at some of the applications is provided in the video below.
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Let's start to dig deeper into how the AFM works.