Visualizing the subsurface of soft matter: Simultaneous topographical imaging, depth modulation, and compositional mapping with triple frequency atomic force microscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 10387-10396

  Ebeling, Daniel ^a   Eslami, Babak ^a   Solares, Santiago De Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

amplitude modulation; atomic force microscopy; frequency modulation; indentation; multimodal; soft matter; stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES; COMPOSITIONAL MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTI-MODAL; NANOSCALE RESOLUTIONS; SOFT MATTER; ULTRA-THIN POLYMER FILMS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GLASS; INDENTATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODULATION; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER FILMS; STIFFNESS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BAYSILON; BIOMATERIAL; DIMETICONE; GLASS; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; GLASS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84888858365     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404845q     Document Type: Article

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