SXM: an introduction / Othmar Marti -- STM in biology -- STM of proteins and membranes / M. Amrein, H. Gross, R. Guckenberger -- Protein assemblies and single molecules imaged by STM / M.J. Miles and T.J. McMaster -- Ordered organic monolayers studied by tunneling microscopy / D.P.E. Smith and J.E. Frommer -- Potentiostatic deposition of molecules for SXM / S.M. Lindsay and N.J. Tao -- STM of DNA and RNA / Patricia G. Arscott and Victor A. Bloomfield -- SFM in biology -- Investigation of the Na, K-ATPase by SFM / Hans-Jurgen Apell [and others] -- SFM and living cells / J.K.H. Horber [and others]