Intermittent contact scanning force microscopy: The role of the liquid necks

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 26, 1998, Pages 3461-3463

  Luna, M ^a   Colchero, J ^a   Baro A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; OSCILLATIONS; SURFACES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY; WETTING;

INTERMITTENT CONTACT; LIQUID NECKS; NANOMETER; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; TIP SAMPLE INTERACTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032577839     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121666     Document Type: Article

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