title: Large scale anomalous patterns of muscovite mica discovered by atomic force microscopy.
abstract: Muscovite mica is a widely used substrate because of its flatness. The large scale anomalous patterns of muscovite have been discovered by atomic force microscopy (AFM). These patterns distribute around the defects of the muscovite surface. By using different imaging modes and analyzing functions of AFM, these extraordinary patterns are thoroughly characterized, and it was revealed that some selected regularly aligned patterns mimic 2-D orthorhombic crystal systems surrounding the regular structure. However, such patterned nanostructures have no effects on the template-assisted self-assembly (or epitaxial growth) of a disease-related peptide GAV-9.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Jiahua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Wanrong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Qiqige
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Youjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: atomic force microscopy; muscovite mica; pattern; self-assembly; substrate