scholarly journals Enhanced sensitivity and contrast with bimodal atomic force microscopy with small and ultra-small amplitudes in ambient conditions

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (23) ◽  
pp. 231603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Santos
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Enhanced Sensitivity ◽  
Atomic Force

Chromic Polydiacetylene Single Crystals: Atomic Force Microscopy Studies

1995 ◽  
Vol 413 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Shivshankar ◽  
C. Sung ◽  
J. Kumar ◽  
S. K. Tripathy ◽  
D. J. Sandman
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Surface Morphology ◽  
Single Crystals ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Sensor Performance ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Variable Surface

ABSTRACTWe have studied the surface morphology of free standing single crystals of thermochromic polydiacetylenes (PDAs), namely, ETCD and IPUDO (respectively, the ethyl and isopropyl urethanes of 5,7-dodecadiyn-1,12-diol), by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) under ambient conditions. Micron scale as well as molecularly resolved images were obtained. The micron scale images indicate a variable surface, and the molecularly resolved images show a well defined 2-D lattice that is interpreted in terms of molecular models and known crystallographic data. Thereby information about surface morphology, which is crucial to potential optical device or chromic sensor performance is available. We also report the observation of a “macroscopic shattering” of the IPUDO monomer crystal during in-situ UV polymerization studies.

Direct Writing on Phosphate Glass Using Atomic Force Microscopy for Rapid Fabrication of Nanostructures

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shama F. Barna ◽  
Kyle E. Jacobs ◽  
Glennys A. Mensing ◽  
Placid M. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Soft Materials ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Silver Nanostructures ◽  
Direct Writing ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Commercial Development ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force

Rapid and cost effective fabrication of nanostructures is critical for experimental exploration and translation of results for commercial development. While conventional techniques such as E-beam or Focused Ion beam lithography serve some prototyping needs for nano-scale experimentations, cost and rate considerations prohibit use for manufacturing. Specialized lithographic processes [e.g. nanosphere lithography or interference lithography] are also powerful tools in creating nanostructures but provide limited shapes, positioning and size control of nanostructures. In this work, we demonstrated a liquid-free and mask-less electrochemical writing approach using atomic force microscopy (AFM) that is capable of making arbitrary shapes of silver nanostructures in seconds on a solid state super-ionic (AgI)x (AgPO3)(1−x) glass. Under ambient conditions. silver is extracted selectively on super-ionic (AgI)x (AgPO3)(1−x) glass surface by negatively biasing an AFM probe relative to an Ag film counter electrode. Both voltage controlled and current controlled writings demonstrated localized extraction of silver. The current controlled approach is shown to be the preferred writing approach to make repeatable and uniform patterns of silver on (AgI)x AgPO3(1−x), where x represents the mole fraction of AgI in the mixture and the control parameter that tunes the conductivity of the sample. We demonstrated current controlled printing of silver on two different compositions of the material (i.e. (AgI)0.125 (AgPO3 )0.875 and (AgI)0.25(AgPO3)0.75 ). Depending on the magnitude of the constant current and tip speed, line-width of the silver pattern can be ∼150 nm. The length of these patterns are limited to the maximum distance the tip can be moved using the AFM position controls. The substrate being optically transparent allows the use of this writing technique for rapid prototyping plasmonic devices. By using the patterned substrate as a template for replica molding of soft materials such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), this writing technique can also be utilized for high throughput nano-channel fabrication in biofluidics and microfluidics devices.

AFM Study of Untreated and Treated Fibers of Mongolian Goat Cashmere

2009 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 175-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namsrai Javkhlantugs ◽  
Enkhbaatar Ankhbayar ◽  
Khishigjargal Tegshjargal ◽  
Damdin Enkhjargal ◽  
Chimed Ganzorig
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Bleaching Process ◽  
Surface Change ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Difference

The morphological surface change of untreated and treated fibers of the Mongolian goat cashmere was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) at ambient conditions. The cuticle scale heights of the Mongolian goat cashmere fibers were measured by the AFM for the fibers before and after treatment. The experimental results showed that the difference between the fine structure of the cuticle and surface roughness of untreated and treated fibers. We found that the surface morphological change of the cashmere fibers was strongly degraded after the bleaching process.

Long-term stability and tree-ring oxidation of WSe2 using phase-contrast AFM

Nanoscale ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lene Gammelgaard ◽  
Patrick Rebsdorf Whelan ◽  
Timothy J Booth ◽  
Peter Bøggild
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Tree Ring ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Term Evolution ◽  
Ring Oxidation

In this work, we use atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate the long-term evolution of oxidative defects of tungsten diselenide (WSe2) in ambient conditions over a period of 75 months,...

scholarly journals Manipulation of gold colloidal nanoparticles with atomic force microscopy in dynamic mode: influence of particle–substrate chemistry and morphology, and of operating conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samer Darwich ◽  
Karine Mougin ◽  
Akshata Rao ◽  
Enrico Gnecco ◽  
Shrisudersan Jayaraman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Force Microscopy ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
Dynamic Mode ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Substrate Structure ◽  
Atomic Force ◽  
Nanoscale Interactions ◽  
Lower Mobility

One key component in the assembly of nanoparticles is their precise positioning to enable the creation of new complex nano-objects. Controlling the nanoscale interactions is crucial for the prediction and understanding of the behaviour of nanoparticles (NPs) during their assembly. In the present work, we have manipulated bare and functionalized gold nanoparticles on flat and patterned silicon and silicon coated substrates with dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM). Under ambient conditions, the particles adhere to silicon until a critical drive amplitude is reached by oscillations of the probing tip. Beyond that threshold, the particles start to follow different directions, depending on their geometry, size and adhesion to the substrate. Higher and respectively, lower mobility was observed when the gold particles were coated with methyl (–CH3) and hydroxyl (–OH) terminated thiol groups. This major result suggests that the adhesion of the particles to the substrate is strongly reduced by the presence of hydrophobic interfaces. The influence of critical parameters on the manipulation was investigated and discussed viz. the shape, size and grafting of the NPs, as well as the surface chemistry and the patterning of the substrate, and finally the operating conditions (temperature, humidity and scan velocity). Whereas the operating conditions and substrate structure are shown to have a strong effect on the mobility of the particles, we did not find any differences when manipulating ordered vs random distributed particles.

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