Atomic Force Microscopy: Biomedical Methods and Applications

by Pier Carlo Braga

Book Overview

The natural, biological, medical, and related sciences would not be what they are today without the microscope. After the introduction of the optical microscope, a second breakthrough in morphostructural surface analysis occurred in the 1940s with the development of the scanning electron microscope (SEM), which, instead of light (i. e. , photons) and glass lenses, uses electrons and electromagnetic lenses (magnetic coils). Optical and scanning (or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489939318
• ISBN13: 9781489939319
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"