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Atomic force microscopy (AFM), part of the scanning probe microscopy family, exploits the local interaction forces between the sharp tip of a scanning mechanical probe and a material sample to profile its surface topography or map mechanical and tribological properties over nanometre to micron length scales. AFM images the topography at a sub‐angstrom resolution in height and sub‐nanometre to nanometre...