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266 9. APPLICATION OF ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPy<br />

late stages of separation of the surfaces, i.e. the liquid bridge is in contact<br />

with both the probe <strong>and</strong> the cantilever.<br />

Figure 9.12 shows the typical results obtained when attempting to generate<br />

a micro-CaBER experiment by the separation of a colloid probe <strong>and</strong><br />

a flat surface coated with PDMS silicon oil. In this case, the size of the<br />

FIguRE 9.12 Selected frames documenting the thinning of a liquid bridge formed by<br />

the microscale separation of surfaces.

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