A robust AFM-based method for locally measuring the elasticity of samples.

Alexandre Bubendorf, Stefan Walheim, Thomas Schimmel, Ernst Meyer

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Article in Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Alexandre BubendorfDepartment of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.

Stefan WalheimInstitute of Nanotechnology (INT) and Institute of Applied Physics (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Karlsruhe, Germany.

Thomas SchimmelInstitute of Nanotechnology (INT) and Institute of Applied Physics (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)), Karlsruhe, Germany.

Ernst MeyerDepartment of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.

Institute of Nanotechnology · GBUniversity of Basel · CH

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Abstract

Investigation of the local sample elasticity is of high importance in many scientific domains. In 2014, Herruzo et al. published a new method based on frequency-modulation atomic force microscopy to locally determine the elasticity of samples (

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1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane (FDTS)atomic force microscopycontact resonanceselastic moduluspolymersYoung’s modulus

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PMID29379694

DOI10.3762/bjnano.9.1

PMCPMC5769082

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