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ArticleNature nanotechnology2016

Harnessing the damping properties of materials for high-speed atomic force microscopy.

Jonathan D Adams, Blake W Erickson, Jonas Grossenbacher, Juergen Brugger, Adrian Nievergelt, Georg E Fantner

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Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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6 authors.

Jonathan D AdamsLaboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Blake W EricksonLaboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Jonas GrossenbacherMicrosystems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Juergen BruggerMicrosystems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Adrian NievergeltLaboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Georg E FantnerLaboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of high-speed atomic force microscopy in imaging molecular motors, enzymes and microbes in liquid environments suggests that the technique could be of significant value in a variety of areas of nanotechnology. However, the majority of atomic force microscopy experiments are performed in air, and the tapping-mode detection speed of current high-speed cantilevers is an order of magnitude lower in air than in liquids. Traditional approaches to increasing the imaging rate of atomic force microscopy have involved reducing the size of the cantilever, but further reductions in size will require a fundamental change in the detection method of the microscope. Here, we show that high-speed imaging in air can instead be achieved by changing the cantilever material. We use cantilevers fabricated from polymers, which can mimic the high damping environment of liquids. With this approach, SU-8 polymer cantilevers are developed that have an imaging-in-air detection bandwidth that is 19 times faster than those of conventional cantilevers of similar size, resonance frequency and spring constant.

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Epoxy CompoundsEquipment DesignMicroscopy, Atomic ForceNanostructuresNanotechnologyPolymersEpoxy CompoundsPolymersSU-8 compound

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PMID26595334

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