Eric Lesniewska

TL;DR: It is found that solution and surface properties and force-distance curves obtained during AFM measurements can be well described by a scaling approach derived, which represents the first real quantitative step in relating these properties directly to the molecular structure of such comb copolymer dispersants.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of C-S-H nucleation during the hydration of tricalcium silicate compared with experimental studies of homogeneous nucleation is presented, and numerical simulation of the experimental curves of the degree of hydration versus time enabled to quantify the variation of the growth rates parallel and perpendicular to the surface with lime concentration.

TL;DR: The membrane surface of living CV-1 kidney cells in culture was imaged by contact-mode atomic force microscopy using scanning forces in the piconewton range using a simple procedure developed for imaging of the cell surface with forces as low as 20-50 pN, two orders of magnitude below those commonly used for cell imaging.

TL;DR: The force measurements allow us to confirm the pre-eminence of ionic correlation forces in the cohesion of cement, and the roles of the calcium hydroxide concentration, pH, and ionic strength are investigated.

TL;DR: How AFM can contribute to understand data acquired by a variety of other techniques is examined and recent developments which might open new avenues in model and biomembrane AFM applications are presented.