JCS -- de Lange et al. 114 (23): 4153 Figure IG1

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Fig. 1. The principle of scanning probe microscopy. In AFM and NSOM, a sharp probe is used to map the topographic features on the sample surface accurately. This is done by physically scanning the probe over the surface while maintaining a constant probe-sample distance by force feedback.