

Also, 'tuning' these parameters in the first place probably takes ~10 minutes so you're not really saving time anyway. This strategy often backfires though, if you need to return to old AFM images and find they are junk aside from the information you 'tuned' the parameters for.

It is tempting to be impatient and try to 'tune' the imaging parameters to get the data you want from a 2 - 5 minute scan. Rule of thumb: “One high quality slow scan is worth ~5 low quality fast scans.”
