How dry are dried samples? Water adsorption measured by STM

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 327-338

  Freund, J ^a   Halbritter, J ^b   Horber J K H ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humidity; STM; Water

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GOLD; GRAPHITE; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TITANIUM;

'DRY' [; AFM; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DRY CONDITION; PRESENCE OF WATER; PROBE MICROSCOPE; SCANNING PROBES; STM; TITANIA; WATER ADSORPTION;

DROPS;

GOLD;

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033105887     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990301)44:5<327::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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