Localized surface elasticity measurements using an atomic force microscope

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4498-4505

  DeVecchio, Derik ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; MAGNETIC TAPE; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; STIFFNESS; SURFACES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ELASTICITY MEASUREMENT; FORCE MODULATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031367324     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1148420     Document Type: Article

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