Analysis of nanoindentation of soft materials with an atomic force microscope

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 229-237

  Notbohm, Jacob ^a   Poon, Benny ^a   Ravichandran, Guruswami ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Elastic properties; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM CANTILEVERS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FORCE RESOLUTION; INDENTATION EXPERIMENT; JOHNSON-KENDALL-ROBERTS; LEAST SQUARES; MODEL FIT; NONLINEAR CONTACT; REDUCED MODULUS; SOFT MATERIAL; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ADHESION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; UNLOADING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84855569997     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.252     Document Type: Article

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