Unexplored territory in the AFM force curve contains nanomechanics information

We demonstrate the existence of a previously unknown damped oscillating signal just after the point when an atomic force microscope tip hits a sample surface. This oscillating signal is below the noise in a single force-displacement measurement. Autocorrelating 20 measurements using the snap to cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Steven J. Eppell, Li Li, Fredy R. Zypman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-10-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5007826