Mayo Clinic researchers have developed and tested a new 3D surface scanning approach that gives neurosurgeons even greater precision when operating deep inside the brain. The system aligns a patient's ...

Surface metrology has to increasingly deal with the presence of sub-micron thick films, which are now being used on products well beyond semiconductor devices. Sub-micron films may be incidental – for ...

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Scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) are instruments that measure properties of surfaces. They include atomic force microscopes (AFMs) and scanning tunnelling microscopes (STMs). In their first ...