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scanning probe microscopy  

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  • The idea that a small solid probe, kept very close to a surface, might collect data unavailable to other forms of microscopy is surprisingly old. Theoretical descriptions of scanning probe microscopes have existed since the 1920s, and experimental implementations since the late 1960s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society; Microscopy, Scanning Probe]

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