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Crosstalk Correction in Atomic Force Microscopy
Commercial atomic force microscopes usually use a four-segmented photodiode
to detect the motion of the cantilever via laser beam deflection. This read-out
technique enables to measure bending and torsion of the cantilever separately.
A slight angle between the orientation of the photodiode and the plane of the
readout beam, however, causes false signals in both readout channels, so-called
crosstalk, that may lead to misinterpretation of the acquired data. We
demonstrate this fault with images recorded in contact mode on ferroelectric
crystals and present an electronic circuit to compensate for it, thereby
enabling crosstalk-free imaging
Atomic Force Microscopy
The goal of this experiment is to use the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to get images of selected items and determine some distances of the characteristics of each sample. The ultimate goal is to measure the length of a nanotube, but unfortunately there were none left on the slide that was supposed to contain them. From the results of the lab and the lab manual of “companies” with possible lengths for each sample, Lindaas-Lahti Industries seems to have the best fit overall
Phase imaging with intermodulation atomic force microscopy
Intermodulation atomic force microscopy (IMAFM) is a dynamic mode of atomic
force microscopy (AFM) with two-tone excitation. The oscillating AFM cantilever
in close proximity to a surface experiences the nonlinear tip-sample force
which mixes the drive tones and generates new frequency components in the
cantilever response known as intermodulation products (IMPs). We present a
procedure for extracting the phase at each IMP and demonstrate phase images
made by recording this phase while scanning. Amplitude and phase images at
intermodulation frequencies exhibit enhanced topographic and material contrast.Comment: 6 pages, 6 page
Atomic Force Microscopy
The goal of this experiment is to use the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to get images of selected items and determine some distances of the characteristics of each sample. The ultimate goal is to measure the length of a nanotube, but unfortunately there were none left on the slide that was supposed to contain them. From the results of the lab and the lab manual of “companies” with possible lengths for each sample, Lindaas-Lahti Industries seems to have the best fit overall
Electron scattering in atomic force microscopy experiments
It has been shown that electron transitions, as measured in a scanning
tunnelling microscope (STM), are related to chemical interactions in a
tunnelling barrier. Here, we show that the shape and apparent height of
subatomic features in an atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiment on Si(111)
depend directly on the available electron states of the silicon surface and the
silicon AFM tip. Simulations and experiments confirm that forces and currents
show similar subatomic variations for tip-sample distances approaching the bulk
bonding length.Comment: 5 pages and 4 figure
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