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Liquid Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy Via Experimental Reconstruction of the Hydrodynamic Function

Published

Author(s)

Ryan C. Tung, Jason P. Killgore, Donna C. Hurley

Abstract

We present an experimental method, based on analytical hydrodynamic theory, to accurately predict the inertial and viscous fluid loading forces at arbitrary frequencies in a contact resonance atomic force microscope system. Knowledge of the fluid loading forces present in an AFM system will allow current metrology techniques, formulated for use in air and vacuum environments, to be used in liquid environments. Validation is provided through carefully conducted experiments. The experimental results show that the presented method accurately predicts the hydrodynamic forces present in a surface-coupled atomic force microscope system in both air and liquid.
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
115

Keywords

AFM, Hydrodynamics, Contact Resonance

Citation

Tung, R. , Killgore, J. and Hurley, D. (2014), Liquid Contact Resonance Atomic Force Microscopy Via Experimental Reconstruction of the Hydrodynamic Function, Journal of Applied Physics (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created June 11, 2014, Updated February 19, 2017