Atomic Force Microscopy in Adhesion Studies

'The coverage of this book is comprehensive and provides an excellent resource for researchers in adhesion studies.' Adhesives & Sealants Newsletter, 2006. 'This volume offers a comprehensive review of AFM techniques and their application in adhesion…a reference for AFM techniques for both researchers and students in engineering disciplines, physics and biology.' Rapra Abstracts, 2006.

• Preface, Adhesion Force Measurements, Application of atomic force spectroscopy (AFS) to studies of adhesion phenomena: a review, Interaction force measurements using atomic force microscopy for characterization and control of adhesion, dispersion and lubrication in particulate systems, Comparison of various adhesion contact theories and the influence of dimensionless load parameter, Accounting for the JKR-DMT transition in adhesion and friction measurements with atomic force microscopy, Friction, adhesion, and deformation: dynamic measurements with the atomic force microscope, Direct adhesion measurements of pharmaceutical particles to gelatin capsule surfaces, Analysis of atomic force microscopy data for deformable materials, Dynamic adhesion of grafted polymer surfaces as studied by surface force measurements, Chemical Origins of Adhesion, Chemical force microscopy: probing chemical origin of interfacial forces and adhesion, Pull-off forces measured between hexadecanethiol self-assembled monolayers in air using an atomic force microscope: analysis of surface free energy, Adhesion forces between functionalized probes and hydrophilic silica surfaces, Analysis of atomic force microscope pull-off forces for gold surfaces portraying nanoscale roughness and specific chemical functionality, A study of adhesion forces by atomic force microscopy, Roughness Effects in Adhesion Force Measurements, Microparticle adhesion studies by atomic force microscopy, A distribution of AFM pull-off forces for glass microspheres on a symmetrically structured rough surface, Experimental analysis of the influence of surface topography on the adhesion force as measured by an AFM, Adhesion forces between individual gold and polystyrene particles, Adhesion of carbonyl iron powder particles studied by atomic force microscopy. Adhesion of rough surfaces with plastic deformation, Deformation of soft colloidal probes during A FM pull-off force measurements: elimination of nano-roughness effects, Capillary Adhesion and Wetting Phenomena, Role of surface roughness in capillary adhesion, Direct measurements of the adhesion between a glass particle and a glass surface in a humid atmosphere, Measurement of oil-mediated particle adhesion to a silica substrate by atomic force microscopy, Effect of relative humidity on adhesion and frictional properties of micro- and nano-scopic contacts, Scanning force microscopy investigation of liquid structures and its application to fundamental wetting research, Contact angles on hydrophobic microparticles at water-air and water-hexadecane interfaces, Capillarity at the nanoscale: an A FM view, Measurements of Colloidal Forces, Surface forces between sphalerite and silica particles in aqueous solutions, Long-range attractive forces and energy barriers in de-inking flotation: A F M studies of interactions between polyethylene and toner, Surface forces and characterization of glass surfaces bearing grafted polymers: solvent dependence, Adhesion Mapping and Surface Imaging, Design of a digitally controlled adhesion imaging mode using a scanning force microscope, Mapping of adhesion forces on soil minerals in air and water by atomic force spectroscopy (AFS), The investigation of sized cellulose surfaces with scanning probe microscopy techniques, Atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and thermal studies of the new melamine fiber, Morphology and elasticity of waterborne acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives investigated with atomic force microscopy, Relating material surface heterogeneity to protein adsorption: the effect of annealing of micro-contact-printed OTS patterns, Examination of Interphases and Nano-Indentation, Determining the interphase thickness and properties in polymer matrix composites using phase imaging atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation, Use of an atomic force microscope to measure surface deformations in polymeric systems, Studies of the interphase in epoxy-aluminum joints using nano-indentation and atomic force microscopy, Interphase variation in silane-treated glass-fiber-reinforced epoxy composites, Characterization of the interphase in epoxy/aluminum bonds using atomic force microscopy and a nano-indenter, Stiffness and adhesion characterization of nanolithographed poly(methyl methacrylate) by means of force-displacement curves