The College of Education for Pure Sciences organizes a training course on the applications and uses of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM).
The Chemistry Department at the College of Education for Pure Sciences organized a training course entitled “Applications and Uses of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM).”
The course was presented by: Dr. Salam Hussein Alwan, Asst. Lect. Alaa Hadi Hussein, and Asst. Lect. Zainab Abbas Abdul Zahra.
This course aimed to introduce the concept of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and its importance in modern nanotechnology. It covered understanding the operating principle of the instrument, identifying its basic components and the function of each part, exploring the most important scientific, medical, and environmental applications of the AFM, developing the ability to interpret AFM images and analyze the properties and mechanics of surfaces, and linking the use of AFM to modern research in materials science, chemistry, and nanoengineering.
The course included several topics on the applications and uses of the AFM, its definition, history, and development, the importance of AFM in nanotechnology, the operating principle of the AFM, and the scanning mechanism and interaction between the probe and the sample surface. The researchers recommended focusing on such topics to promote the use of AFM in the college’s research laboratories, establishing advanced training courses for graduate students to develop their practical skills, and supporting research based on nanotechnology by providing modern equipment.
