Quantification of the meniscus effect in adhesion force measurements

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Grobelny, J ^a   Pradeep, N ^a   Kim, D I ^a   Ying, Z C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY CONDENSATION FORCES; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; MENISCUS FORCE; PULL-OFF FORCE;

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CAPILLARITY; ELASTICITY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN; PURGING; SUBSTRATES; VACUUM;

ADHESION;

EID: 33644695509     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2181200     Document Type: Article

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