Evaluation of Intermittent Contact Mode AFM Probes by HREM and Using Atomically Sharp CeO2Ridges as Tip Characterizer

Langmuir ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (15) ◽  
pp. 6267-6277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Skårman ◽  
L. Reine Wallenberg ◽  
Sissel N. Jacobsen ◽  
Ulf Helmersson ◽  
Claes Thelander
2016 ◽  
Vol 108 (24) ◽  
pp. 243101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aymeric Vecchiola ◽  
Pascal Chrétien ◽  
Sophie Delprat ◽  
Karim Bouzehouane ◽  
Olivier Schneegans ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tathagata De ◽  
Antony M. Chettoor ◽  
Pranav Agarwal ◽  
Murti V. Salapaka ◽  
Saju Nettikadan

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 1339-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Biberger ◽  
Guenther Benstetter ◽  
Thomas Schweinboeck ◽  
Peter Breitschopf ◽  
Holger Goebel

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 453-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berkin Uluutku ◽  
Santiago D Solares

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is an important tool for measuring a variety of nanoscale surface properties, such as topography, viscoelasticity, electrical potential and conductivity. Some of these properties are measured using contact methods (static contact or intermittent contact), while others are measured using noncontact methods. Some properties can be measured using different approaches. Conductivity, in particular, is mapped using the contact-mode method. However, this modality can be destructive to delicate samples, since it involves continuously dragging the cantilever tip on the surface during the raster scan, while a constant tip–sample force is applied. In this paper we discuss a possible approach to develop an intermittent-contact conductive AFM mode based on Fourier analysis, whereby the measured current response consists of higher harmonics of the cantilever oscillation frequency. Such an approach may enable the characterization of soft samples with less damage than contact-mode imaging. To explore its feasibility, we derive the analytical form of the tip–sample current that would be obtained for attractive (noncontact) and repulsive (intermittent-contact) dynamic AFM characterization, and compare it with results obtained from numerical simulations. Although significant instrumentation challenges are anticipated, the modelling results are promising and suggest that Fourier-based higher-harmonics current measurement may enable the development of a reliable intermittent-contact conductive AFM method.


2014 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 299-307
Author(s):  
Sławomir Pawłowski ◽  
Grzegorz Dobiński ◽  
Marek Smolny ◽  
Andrzej Majcher ◽  
Andrzej Zbrowski ◽  
...  

The article describes the development of the atomic force microscope “Terra AFM.” The microscope has been designed and built by the authors as a device for research applications in advanced technologies in industry and in teaching. The modular design of the microscope - the majority of mechanical, electronic and informatics solutions - facilitates the development and introduction of new functionality. Two new modules, correction of piezoelectric scanner nonlinearity and advanced imaging, using the measurement of the amplitude and phase of harmonics of the signal from the probe in the intermittent contact mode, are presented.


2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 075503 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Varol ◽  
I Gunev ◽  
B Orun ◽  
C Basdogan

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