Vertical and lateral electrostatic forces in a tip-plane system studied with a Green function plus surface charge method

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Konior, J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; QUADRATIC POTENTIAL; SURFACE CHARGE METHOD;

ELECTROSTATIC FORCE;

EID: 34247596517     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2721943     Document Type: Article

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