TY - JOUR
T1 - Force reconstruction from tapping mode force microscopy experiments
AU - Farokh Payam, Amir
AU - Martinez-Jimenez, Daniel
AU - Garcia, Ricardo
PY - 2015/4/16
Y1 - 2015/4/16
N2 - Fast, accurate, and robust nanomechanical measurements are intensely studied in materials science, applied physics, and molecular biology. Amplitude modulation force microscopy (tapping mode) is the most established nanoscale characterization technique of surfaces for air and liquid environments. However, its quantitative capabilities lag behind its high spatial resolution and robustness. We develop a general method to transform the observables into quantitative force measurements. The force reconstruction algorithm has been deduced on the assumption that the observables (amplitude and phase shift) are slowly varying functions of the tip–surface separation. The accuracy and applicability of the method is validated by numerical simulations and experiments. The method is valid for liquid and air environments, small and large free amplitudes, compliant and rigid materials, and conservative and non-conservative forces.
AB - Fast, accurate, and robust nanomechanical measurements are intensely studied in materials science, applied physics, and molecular biology. Amplitude modulation force microscopy (tapping mode) is the most established nanoscale characterization technique of surfaces for air and liquid environments. However, its quantitative capabilities lag behind its high spatial resolution and robustness. We develop a general method to transform the observables into quantitative force measurements. The force reconstruction algorithm has been deduced on the assumption that the observables (amplitude and phase shift) are slowly varying functions of the tip–surface separation. The accuracy and applicability of the method is validated by numerical simulations and experiments. The method is valid for liquid and air environments, small and large free amplitudes, compliant and rigid materials, and conservative and non-conservative forces.
KW - force microscopy
KW - tapping mode AFM
KW - force reconstruction
UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/force-reconstruction-from-tapping-mode-force-microscopy-experimen
U2 - 10.1088/0957-4484/26/18/185706
DO - 10.1088/0957-4484/26/18/185706
M3 - Article
SN - 0957-4484
VL - 26
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Nanotechnology
JF - Nanotechnology
IS - 18
ER -