Atomic Force Microscopy in Adhesion Studies

Content:
• Front Matter 
• Preface 
• Table of Contents 
•Part I. Adhesion Force Measurements 1. Application of Atomic Force Spectroscopy (AFS) to Studies of Adhesion Phenomena: A Review 
 2. Interaction Force Measurements Using Atomic Force Microscopy for Characterization and Control of Adhesion, Dispersion and Lubrication in Particulate Systems 
 3. Comparison of Various Adhesion Contact Theories and the Influence of Dimensionless Load Parameter 
 4. Accounting for the JKR–DMT Transition in Adhesion and Friction Measurements with Atomic Force Microscopy 
 5. Friction, Adhesion, and Deformation: Dynamic Measurements with the Atomic Force Microscope 
 6. Direct Adhesion Measurements of Pharmaceutical Particles to Gelatin Capsule Surfaces 
 7. Analysis of Atomic Force Microscopy Data for Deformable Materials 
 8. Dynamic Adhesion of Grafted Polymer Surfaces as Studied by Surface Force Measurements 
•Part II. Chemical Origins of Adhesion 9. Chemical Force Microscopy: Probing Chemical Origin of Interfacial Forces and Adhesion 
 10. Pull-Off Forces Measured between Hexadecanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers in Air Using an Atomic Force Microscope: Analysis of Surface Free Energy 
 11. Adhesion Forces between Functionalized Probes and Hydrophilic Silica Surfaces 
 12. Analysis of Atomic Force Microscope Pull-Off Forces for Gold Surfaces Portraying Nanoscale Roughness and Specific Chemical Functionality 
 13. A Study of Adhesion Forces by Atomic Force Microscopy 
•Part III. Roughness Effects in Adhesion Force Measurements 14. Microparticle Adhesion Studies by Atomic Force Microscopy 
 15. A Distribution of AFM Pull-Off Forces for Glass Microspheres on a Symmetrically Structured Rough Surface 
 16. Experimental Analysis of the Influence of Surface Topography on the Adhesion Force as Measured by an AFM 
 17. Adhesion Forces between Individual Gold and Polystyrene Particles 
 18. Adhesion of Carbonyl Iron Powder Particles Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy 
 19. Adhesion of Rough Surfaces with Plastic Deformation 
 20. Deformation of Soft Colloidal Probes During AFM Pull-Off Force Measurements: Elimination of Nano-Roughness Effects 
•Part IV. Capillary Adhesion and Wetting Phenomena 21. Role of Surface Roughness in Capillary Adhesion 
 22. Direct Measurements of the Adhesion between a Glass Particle and a Glass Surface in a Humid Atmosphere 
 23. Measurement of Oil-Mediated Particle Adhesion to a Silica Substrate by Atomic Force Microscopy 
 24. Effect of Relative Humidity on Adhesion and Frictional Properties of Micro- and Nano-Scopic Contacts 
 25. Scanning Force Microscopy Investigation of Liquid Structures and Its Application to Fundamental Wetting Research 
 26. Contact Angles on Hydrophobic Microparticles at Water–Air and Water–Hexadecane Interfaces 
 27. Capillarity at the Nanoscale: An AFM View 
•Part V. Measurements of Colloidal Forces 28. Surface Forces between Sphalerite and Silica Particles in Aqueous Solutions 
 29. Long-Range Attractive Forces and Energy Barriers in De-Inking Flotation: AFM Studies of Interactions between Polyethylene and Toner 
 30. Surface Forces and Characterization of Glass Surfaces Bearing Grafted Polymers: Solvent Dependence 
•Part VI. Adhesion Mapping and Surface Imaging 31. Design of a Digitally Controlled Adhesion Imaging Mode Using a Scanning Force Microscope 
 32. Mapping of Adhesion Forces on Soil Minerals in Air and Water by Atomic Force Spectroscopy (AFS) 
 33. The Investigation of Sized Cellulose Surfaces with Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques 
 34. Atomic Force Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Thermal Studies of the New Melamine Fiber 
 35. Morphology and Elasticity of Waterborne Acrylic Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives Investigated with Atomic Force Microscopy 
 36. Relating Material Surface Heterogeneity to Protein Adsorption: The Effect of Annealing of Micro-Contact-Printed OTS Patterns 
•Part VII. Examination of Interphases and Nano-Indentation 37. Determining the Interphase Thickness and Properties in Polymer Matrix Composites Using Phase Imaging Atomic Force Microscopy and Nanoindentation 
 38. Use of an Atomic Force Microscope to Measure Surface Deformations in Polymeric Systems 
 39. Studies of the Interphase in Epoxy–Aluminum Joints Using Nano-Indentation and Atomic Force Microscopy 
 40. Interphase Variation in Silane-Treated Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites 
 41. Characterization of the Interphase in Epoxy/Aluminum Bonds Using Atomic Force Microscopy and a Nano-Indenter 
 42. Stiffness and Adhesion Characterization of Nanolithographed Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) by Means of Force–Displacement Curves