AFM has various meanings in the Technology category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of AFM in Technology.
An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a book containing the information required to safely operate the aircraft. Each AFM is tailored for a specific aircraft, though aircraft of the same make and model will naturally have very similar AFMs.
TechnologyAn instrument that uses atomic forces between a sample and a sharp scanning needle tip to image surfaces to molecular accuracy by mechanically probing their surface contours; the AFM measures the tiny upward and downward motions of the tip as the tip is dragged over the surface, producing an atomic-resolution topographic map of the surface. The AFM has also been used to physically manipulate individual molecules.
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