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Quantification of the Meniscus Effect in Adhesion Force Measurements

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Author(s)

Jaroslaw Grobelny, Pradeep N. Namboodiri, Doo-In Kim, Z C. Ying

Abstract

Adhesion forces between a gold sphere and flat gold substrate are studied using atomic force microscopy in different environments. The pull-off force measured in vacuum is found to be a small fraction of that in ambient air or nitrogen atmosphere. In contrast, the snap-on force exhibits a weak environmental effect. Calculations of capillary condensation forces, including the effects of elastic deformation of the contacting bodies and of adsorption layers, reveal that the meniscus force is the dominant source of the observed difference in pull-off forces. The experimental data show that nitrogen purge does not eliminate the meniscus contribution to the pull-off force.
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
88 No 9
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

adhesion, ambient, atomic force microscopy, capillary force, meniscus, nitrogen, pull-off force, snap-on force, ultrahigh vacuum
Biomaterials and Ceramics

Citation

Grobelny, J. , Namboodiri, P. , Kim, D. and Ying, Z. (2006), Quantification of the Meniscus Effect in Adhesion Force Measurements, Applied Physics Letters (Accessed May 9, 2025)

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Created February 1, 2006, Updated February 19, 2017