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ArticleNature communications2020

3D-printed cellular tips for tuning fork atomic force microscopy in shear mode.

Liangdong Sun, Hongcheng Gu, Xiaojiang Liu, Haibin Ni, Qiwei Li, Yi Zeng, Ning Chang, Di Zhang, Hongyuan Chen, Zhiyong Li and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Liangdong SunState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9705-6566
Hongcheng GuState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4162-7331
Xiaojiang LiuState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.
Haibin NiState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2916-823X
Qiwei LiState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.
Yi ZengState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.
Ning ChangState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.
Di ZhangState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.
Hongyuan ChenState Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5217-668X
Zhiyong LiState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China.
Xiangwei ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China. xwzhao@seu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0678-5219
Zhongze GuState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China. gu@seu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8926-7710
State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical EngineeringSoutheast University · BDNanjing University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips have remained largely unchanged in nanomachining processes, constituent materials, and microstructural constructions for decades, which limits the measurement performance based on force-sensing feedbacks. In order to save the scanning images from distortions due to excessive mechanical interactions in the intermittent shear-mode contact between scanning tips and sample, we propose the application of controlled microstructural architectured material to construct AFM tips by exploiting material-related energy-absorbing behavior in response to the tip-sample impact, leading to visual promotions of imaging quality. Evidenced by numerical analysis of compressive responses and practical scanning tests on various samples, the essential scanning functionality and the unique contribution of the cellular buffer layer to imaging optimization are strongly proved. This approach opens new avenues towards the specific applications of cellular solids in the energy-absorption field and sheds light on novel AFM studies based on 3D-printed tips possessing exotic properties.

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