SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS - SELECTED EXAMPLES

Some examples are selected to demonstrate the variety of possible scan ning probe microscopy application in industry. Magnetic and magnetoopt ical storage media can be investigated by magnetic force microscopy, w hereas a conventional scanning force microscope is used to examine sur face features of many different materials, such as technical glasses, photosensitive materials, new superconductors, and biomolecules. Some other examples include the modification as well as the observation of liquid crystal devices, and the impact that scanning probe microscopy has on other techniques such as high precision stepping motors and hig h quality electron beam sources.