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.
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