Surface chemical analysis. Atomic force microscopy. Guideline for restoration procedure for atomic force microscopy images dilated by finite probe size
1 Scope
This document describes a procedure for the quantitative characterization of the probe tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM) probe and a restoration of AFM topography images dilated by finite probe size. The three-dimensional shape of the probe apex is extracted by image reconstruction using suitable reference materials. This document is applicable to the reconstruction of AFM topography images of solid material surfaces.