Microcantilever dynamics in liquid environment dynamic atomic force microscopy when using higher-order cantilever eigenmodes
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8-2010Citation
Daniel Kiracofe and Arvind Raman. Microcantilever dynamics in liquid environment dynamic atomic force microscopy when using higher-order cantilever eigenmodes. Journal of Applied Physics 108, 034320 (2010)
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Abstract
Dynamic atomic force microscopy is currently evolving from a single to a multifrequency instrument for nanoscale imaging often employing higher-order microcantilever eigenmodes for improved resolution and force spectroscopy. In this work the authors study the fundamentals of cantilever dynamics and energy dissipation when soft cantilevers are driven at their second flexural eigenmode and interact with samples in liquid environments. Contrary to the conventional first eigenmode operation, second eigenmode operation in liquids is often dominated by a subharmonic response (e.g., one tap every four drive cycles) and there is an energy transfer to the first eigenmode creating a new channel of energy dissipation and compositional contrast.
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Engineering | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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Copyright (2010) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Journal of Applied Physics 108, 034320 (2010) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3457143. The following article has been submitted to/accepted by Journal of Applied Physics. Copyright (2010) Daniel Kiracofe and Arvind Raman. This article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.