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Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) is a branch of microscopy that forms images of surfaces using a physical probe that scans the specimen. An image of the surface is obtained by mechanically moving the probe in a raster scan of the specimen, line by line, and recording the probe-surface interaction as a function of position.

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  1. Scanning Probe Microscopy: "Feeling" What You Can't See at the Nanometer Scale

    21 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Sandrine Martin, NNCI Nano

    Scanning probe microscopes are important tools that allow researchers to examine nanoscale objects and materials. In this lesson, students simulate the function of a scanning probe microscope.This activity works best in groups of 3 students. Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs) of various types...

  2. Modeling Sanning Probe Microscopes (SPM)

    06 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Woodward Maxwell, NNCI Nano

    The Modeling Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPM) lab is designed to show students the principles of how a Scanning Probe Microscope works and how mapping on a smaller scale provides a more detailed view of a surface. Students will use a conductivity apparatus to model the mapping behavior of an...