Scanning ion conductance microscopy using surface roughness for probe movement

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PATENT NO 9709598
APP PUB NO 20160274146A1
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15167666

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A method for interrogating a surface using scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM), comprising the steps of:

    a) repeatedly bringing a SICM probe into proximity with the surface at discrete, spaced locations in a region of the surface and measuring surface height at each location;b) estimating surface roughness or other characteristic for the region based upon the surface height measurements; andc) repeatedly bringing the probe into proximity with the surface at discrete, spaced locations in the region, the number and location of which is based upon the estimated surface roughness or other characteristic in the region, and obtaining an image of the region with a resolution adapted to the surface roughness or other characteristic.

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IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDIMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON SW7 2BT

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Clarke, Richard Cambridge, GB 24 776
Frolenkov, Gregory Lexington, US 3 12
Klenerman, David Cambridge, GB 14 1843
Korchev, Yuri Evgenievich London, GB 5 18
Li, Chao Cambridge, GB 578 2383
Novak, Pavel London, GB 63 3431
Ostanin, Victor Petrovich Cambridge, GB 7 167
Shevchuk, Andrew London, GB 3 12

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