Scanning Probe Microscopies Beyond Imaging Manipulation of Molecules And Nanostructures

The first book to focus on the use of SPMs beyond imaging to unravel physical and chemical properties of molecule based architectures across a wide range of length scales. SPMs enable the direct manipulation of objects with a nanoscale precision, thereby making it possible to nanopattern a surface or to cast light onto the nanomechanics of complex assemblies. Thus, they can provide crucial information for the optimisation of functional materials. This book reviews recent progress in the use of SPMs on such soft materials as polymers, with a particular emphasis on chirality, chemical discrimination, mechanical properties, tip-induced reactions and manipulations, as well as their nanoscale electronic and electrical properties. Detailing the practical application potential of this hot topic, this book is of great interest to specialists of wide-ranging disciplines, including physicists, chemists, materials scientists, spectroscopists, surface scientists, and engineers.Samorí, Paolo is the author of 'Scanning Probe Microscopies Beyond Imaging Manipulation of Molecules And Nanostructures', published 2006 under ISBN 9783527312696 and ISBN 3527312692.