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Yamada Y, Ichii T, Utsunomiya T, Kimura K, Kobayashi K, Yamada H, Sugimura H. Fundamental and higher eigenmodes of qPlus sensors with a long probe for vertical-lateral bimodal atomic force microscopy. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:840-850. [PMID: 36756504 PMCID: PMC9890686 DOI: 10.1039/d2na00686c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The detection of vertical and lateral forces at the nanoscale by atomic force microscopy (AFM) reveals various mechanical properties on surfaces. The qPlus sensor is a widely used force sensor, which is built from a quartz tuning fork (QTF) and a sharpened metal probe, capable of high-resolution imaging in viscous liquids such as lubricant oils. Although a simultaneous detection technique of vertical and lateral forces by using a qPlus sensor is required in the field of nanotribology, it has still been difficult because the torsional oscillations of QTFs cannot be detected. In this paper, we propose a method to simultaneously detect vertical and lateral force components by using a qPlus sensor with a long probe. The first three eigenmodes of the qPlus sensor with a long probe are theoretically studied by solving a set of equations of motion for the QTF prong and probe. The calculation results were in good agreement with the experimental results. It was found that the tip oscillates laterally in the second and third modes. Finally, we performed friction anisotropy measurements on a polymer film by using a bimodal AFM utilizing the qPlus sensor with a long probe to confirm the lateral force detection.
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- Yuya Yamada
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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Liu H, Ahmed Z, Vranjkovic S, Parschau M, Mandru AO, Hug HJ. A cantilever-based, ultrahigh-vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe instrument for multidimensional scanning force microscopy. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 13:1120-1140. [PMID: 36299563 PMCID: PMC9577238 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.13.95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Cantilever-based atomic force microscopy (AFM) performed under ambient conditions has become an important tool to characterize new material systems as well as devices. Current instruments permit robust scanning over large areas, atomic-scale lateral resolution, and the characterization of various sample properties using multifrequency and multimodal AFM operation modes. Research of new quantum materials and devices, however, often requires low temperatures and ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions and, more specifically, AFM instrumentation providing atomic resolution. For this, AFM instrumentation based on a tuning fork force sensor became increasingly popular. In comparison to microfabricated cantilevers, the more macroscopic tuning forks, however, lack sensitivity, which limits the measurement bandwidth. Moreover, multimodal and multifrequency techniques, such as those available in cantilever-based AFM carried out under ambient conditions, are challenging to implement. In this article, we describe a cantilever-based low-temperature UHV AFM setup that allows one to transfer the versatile AFM techniques developed for ambient conditions to UHV and low-temperature conditions. We demonstrate that such a cantilever-based AFM offers experimental flexibility by permitting multimodal or multifrequency operations with superior force derivative sensitivities and bandwidths. Our instrument has a sub-picometer gap stability and can simultaneously map not only vertical and lateral forces with atomic-scale resolution, but also perform rapid overview scans with the tip kept at larger tip-sample distances for robust imaging.
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- Hao Liu
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Gisbert VG, Amo CA, Jaafar M, Asenjo A, Garcia R. Quantitative mapping of magnetic properties at the nanoscale with bimodal AFM. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:2026-2033. [PMID: 33449980 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr08662b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We demonstrate that a force microscope operated in a bimodal configuration enables the mapping of magnetic interactions with high quantitative accuracy and high-spatial resolution (∼30 nm). Bimodal AFM operation doubles the number of observables with respect to conventional magnetic force microscopy methods which enables to determine quantitatively in a single processing step several magnetic properties. The theory of bimodal AFM provides analytical expressions for different magnetic force models, in particular those characterized by power-law and exponential distance dependences. Bimodal AFM provides a self-evaluation protocol to test the accuracy of the measurements. The agreement obtained between the experiments and theory for two different magnetic samples support the application of bimodal AFM to map quantitatively long-range magnetic interactions.
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- Victor G Gisbert
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, c/Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Damircheli M, Payam AF, Garcia R. Optimization of phase contrast in bimodal amplitude modulation AFM. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 6:1072-81. [PMID: 26114079 PMCID: PMC4463493 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.6.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Bimodal force microscopy has expanded the capabilities of atomic force microscopy (AFM) by providing high spatial resolution images, compositional contrast and quantitative mapping of material properties without compromising the data acquisition speed. In the first bimodal AFM configuration, an amplitude feedback loop keeps constant the amplitude of the first mode while the observables of the second mode have not feedback restrictions (bimodal AM). Here we study the conditions to enhance the compositional contrast in bimodal AM while imaging heterogeneous materials. The contrast has a maximum by decreasing the amplitude of the second mode. We demonstrate that the roles of the excited modes are asymmetric. The operational range of bimodal AM is maximized when the second mode is free to follow changes in the force. We also study the contrast in trimodal AFM by analyzing the kinetic energy ratios. The phase contrast improves by decreasing the energy of second mode relative to those of the first and third modes.
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- Mehrnoosh Damircheli
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Permanent address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Kawai S, Eren B, Marot L, Meyer E. Graphene synthesis via thermal polymerization of aromatic quinone molecules. ACS NANO 2014; 8:5932-5938. [PMID: 24873393 DOI: 10.1021/nn501047v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Graphene was synthesized from pentacenequinone molecules on a Cu(111) surface using a three-step thermal treatment process: (1) self-assembly of a single layer molecular film at 190 °C, (2) formation of covalent bonding between adjacent molecules at intermediate temperatures, (3) thermal dehydrogenation and in-plane carbon diffusion at 600 °C. Transformation of the surface conformation was monitored with bimodal atomic force microscopy at the atomic scale and was corroborated with core-level X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. A strong C═O···H-C hydrogen bonding involving the quinone moiety plays a key role in graphene growth, whereas conventional pentacene simply desorbs from the substrate during the same process. The most significant achievement of this proposed technique is obtaining graphene a couple of hundred degrees lower than standard techniques. Intrinsic defects due to carbon deficiency and the defects intentionally introduced by the microscope tip were also investigated with atomic-scale imaging.
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- Shigeki Kawai
- Department of Physics, University of Basel , Klingbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Herruzo ET, Perrino AP, Garcia R. Fast nanomechanical spectroscopy of soft matter. Nat Commun 2014; 5:3126. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Kawai S, Sadeghi A, Xu F, Peng L, Pawlak R, Glatzel T, Willand A, Orita A, Otera J, Goedecker S, Meyer E. Obtaining detailed structural information about supramolecular systems on surfaces by combining high-resolution force microscopy with ab initio calculations. ACS NANO 2013; 7:9098-9105. [PMID: 23991942 DOI: 10.1021/nn403672m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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State-of-the art experimental techniques such as scanning tunneling microscopy have great difficulties in extracting detailed structural information about molecules adsorbed on surfaces. By combining atomic force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy with ab initio calculations, we demonstrate that we can obtain a wealth of detailed structural information about the molecule itself and its environment. Studying an FFPB molecule on a gold surface, we are able to determine its exact location on the surface, the nature of its bonding properties with neighboring molecules that lead to the growth of one-dimensional strips, and the internal torsions and bendings of the molecule.
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- Shigeki Kawai
- Department of Physics, University of Basel , Klingbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Federici Canova F, Kawai S, de Capitani C, Kan'no KI, Glatzel T, Such B, Foster AS, Meyer E. Energy loss triggered by atomic-scale lateral force. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:203203. [PMID: 25167406 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.203203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We perform bimodal atomic force microscopy measurements on a Br-doped NaCl (001) surface to investigate the mechanisms behind frequency shift and energy dissipation contrasts. The peculiar pattern of the dissipated energy in the torsional channel, related to frictional processes, is increased at the positions of Br impurities, otherwise indistinguishable from Cl ions in the other measured channels. Our simulations reveal how the energy dissipates by the rearrangement of the tip apex and how the process is ultimately governed by lateral forces. Even the slightest change in lateral forces, induced by the presence of a Br impurity, is enough to trigger the apex reconstruction more often, thus increasing the dissipation contrast; the predicted dissipation pattern and magnitude are in good quantitative agreement with the measurements.
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- Filippo Federici Canova
- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33010 Tampere, Finland and COMP, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto School of Science, P.O. Box 11100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Material Science and Chemistry, Wakayama University, Wakayama 640-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- COMP, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto School of Science, P.O. Box 11100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Kawai S, Pina CM, Bubendorf A, Fessler G, Glatzel T, Gnecco E, Meyer E. Systematic study of the dolomite (104) surface by bimodal dynamic force microscopy in ultra-high vacuum. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2013; 24:055702. [PMID: 23307038 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/5/055702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We have investigated the morphology and structure of dolomite MgCa(CO(3))(2)(104) surfaces by bimodal dynamic force microscopy with flexural and torsional resonance modes in ultra-high vacuum at room temperature. We found that the surface slowly decomposes by degassing CO(2) in a vacuum and becomes covered by amorphous clusters, presumably MgO and CaO. By choosing an optimal sample preparation procedure (i.e. cleaving in a vacuum and mild annealing for stabilizing clusters for a short time), atomically clean surfaces were obtained. The complex tip-sample interaction, arising from carbonate groups and Mg and Ca atoms of the surface, induces a large variety of atomic-scale imaging features.
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- Shigeki Kawai
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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