High-speed atomic force microscopy for nano-visualization of dynamic biomolecular processes

T Ando, T Uchihashi, T Fukuma - Progress in Surface Science, 2008 - Elsevier
The atomic force microscope (AFM) has a unique capability of allowing the high-resolution
imaging of biological samples on substratum surfaces in physiological solutions. Recent …

A tutorial on the mechanisms, dynamics, and control of atomic force microscopes

DY Abramovitch, SB Andersson… - 2007 American …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) is one of the most versatile tools in nanotechnology.
For control engineers this instrument is particularly interesting, since its ability to image the …

Young's modulus of silicon nitride used in scanning force microscope cantilevers

A Khan, J Philip, P Hess - Journal of Applied Physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
The Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of high-quality silicon nitride films with 800 nm
thickness, grown on silicon substrates by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition, were …

Atomic force microscope nanolithography: dip-pen, nanoshaving, nanografting, tap** mode, electrochemical and thermal nanolithography

LG Rosa, J Liang - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been widely employed as a nanoscopic lithography
technique. In this review, we summarize the current state of research in this field. We …

State-space model of freely vibrating and surface-coupled cantilever dynamics in atomic force microscopy

RW Stark, G Schitter, M Stark, R Guckenberger… - Physical Review B, 2004 - APS
The dynamics of the microcantilever in atomic force microscopy (AFM) is represented by a
multiple-degrees-of-freedom state-space model and is discussed within the framework of …

[HTML][HTML] Bistability, higher harmonics, and chaos in AFM

RW Stark - Materials today, 2010 - Elsevier
A dynamic atomic force microscope sensitively probes surface properties with
subnanometre lateral resolution. In the amplitude modulation mode, the force-sensing tip …

Long-ranged attraction between charged polystyrene spheres at aqueous interfaces

W Chen, S Tan, TK Ng, WT Ford, P Tong - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
We report an optical and atomic force microscopic study of interactions between charged
polystyrene spheres at a water-air interface. Optical observations of bonded particle clusters …