“…Amongst the different techniques, atomic force microscopy (AFM), as derived from scanning probe microscopy by Binning et al [10], can be combined with thermal capabilities for surface analysis, as reviewed by Giron [11]. Many pharmaceutical systems/drugs as well as excipients have been investigated over the past 10 years using microthermal analysis (TA): indomethacin [12,13], ibuprofen [14], pyridoxal hydrochloride [15], paracetamol [16], progesterone [17], cimetidine [18], etc. TA is often complimentary to bulk measurement techniques such as microcalorimetry [19] or DSC [15].…”