Observation of the mica surface by atomic force microscopy

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 525-531

  Liu, Zhiguo ^a   Li, Zhuang ^a   Zhou, Hualan ^a   Wei, Gang ^a   Song, Yonghai ^a   Wang, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AFM; Atomic force microscopy; Condensed water; Mica

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; SALTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER;

FRESHLY CLEAVED MICA; MICA SURFACE TREATED; NETWORK STRUCTURES; WATER STRUCTURES;

MICA;

EID: 23044490290     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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