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Visualizing Langmuir-Blodgett Films with the Atomic Force Microscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Ravi Viswanathan,
D.K. Schwartz,
L.L. Madsen and
J.A. Zasadzinski
Ravi Viswanathan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
D.K. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024
L.L. Madsen
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
J.A. Zasadzinski
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemical & Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Abstract

The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) has created exciting new possibilities for imaging thin organic films under ambient conditions at length scales ranging from tens of microns to the sub - molecular scale. We present images of thin organic films prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique that demonstrate the possibilities of the AFM.

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