Elimination of instabilities in phase shift curves in phase-modulation atomic force microscopy in constant-amplitude mode

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Sugawara, Yasuhiro ^a   Kobayashi, Naritaka ^a   Kawakami, Masayo ^a   Li, Yan Jun ^a   Naitoh, Yoshitaka ^a   Kageshima, Masami ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAIN CONTROL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER FILMS;

CANTILEVER DYNAMICS; CONSTANT AMPLITUDE MODES; PHASE SHIFT CURVES;

PHASE SHIFT;

EID: 34248343410     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2737907     Document Type: Article

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