Apparent hardening of soft samples through Q factor change in AFM

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 671-676

  Dubourg, F ^a   Aime J P ^a   Couturier, G ^a   Salardenne, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

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EID: 0038794011     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-00426-2     Document Type: Article

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