title: Direct measurement of salt-mineral repulsion using atomic force microscopy.
abstract: The disjoining pressure between a mineral and soluble salt crystal in concentrated aqueous solution has been successfully measured with atomic force microscopy.
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Centre for Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, UK. andrea.hamilton@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Vasileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koutsos
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hall