scholarly journals Atomic Force Microscopy Nanomanipulation of Shape Persistent, Spherical, Self-Assembled Aggregates of Gold Nanoparticles

ACS Nano ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 6501-6508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen van Herrikhuyzen ◽  
Ron Willems ◽  
Subi J. George ◽  
Cees Flipse ◽  
Jeroen C. Gielen ◽  
...  
1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo R.A. Neves ◽  
Michael E. Salmon ◽  
Phillip E. Russell ◽  
E. Barry Troughton

Abstract: In this work, we show how field emission–scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) can be a useful tool for the study of self-assembled monolayer systems. We have carried out a comparative study using FE-SEM and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to assess the morphology and coverage of self-assembled monolayers (SAM) on different substrates. The results show that FE-SEM images present the same qualitative information obtained by AFM images when the SAM is deposited on a smooth substrate (e.g., mica). Further experiments with rough substrates (e.g., Al grains on glass) show that FE-SEM is capable of unambiguously identifying SAMs on any type of substrate, whereas AFM has significant difficulties in identifying SAMs on rough surfaces.


2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (45) ◽  
pp. 455603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Asakawa ◽  
Natsumi Inada ◽  
Kaito Hirata ◽  
Sayaka Matsui ◽  
Takumi Igarashi ◽  
...  

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