Scanning probe microscopy market in 2013 The scanning probe microscopy market covers the following segments: • Atomic force microscopes (AFM) • Scanning tunneling microscopes (STM); • Near-field scanning optical microscopes (NSOM). The Scanning probe microscopy market in 2013 generated approximately $440 million in revenues (conservative estimate). Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM) accounted for the majority of the Scanning