Combined AFM-confocal microscopy of oil droplets: Absolute separations and forces in nanofilms

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 961-965

  Tabor, Rico F ^a   Lockie, Hannah ^a   Mair, Douglas ^b   Manica, Rogerio ^c   Chan, Derek Y C ^a,d   Grieser, Franz ^a   Dagastine, Raymond R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D VISUALIZATION; AQUEOUS FILMS; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CONTINUUM HYDRODYNAMICS; DEFORMABLE BODIES; DYNAMIC FORCES; GEOMETRIC SEPARATION; IN-SITU; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; NANO FILMS; OIL DROPLETS; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION; SEPARATION BEHAVIORS; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

DROPS;

EID: 79955902844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz2003606     Document Type: Article

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