Nanomechanical mapping of soft materials with the atomic force microscope: methods, theory and applications

R Garcia - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Fast, high-resolution, non-destructive and quantitative characterization methods are needed
to develop materials with tailored properties at the nanoscale or to understand the …

Best practices and recommendations for accurate nanomechanical characterization of heterogeneous polymer systems with atomic force microscopy

DW Collinson, RJ Sheridan, MJ Palmeri… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The past two decades have seen atomic force microscopy (AFM) evolve from an
experimental technique to probe simple surface topography to one that can spatially map …

Measuring nanoscale viscoelastic parameters of cells directly from AFM force-displacement curves

YM Efremov, WH Wang, SD Hardy, RL Geahlen… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Force-displacement (FZ) curves are the most commonly used Atomic Force
Microscopy (AFM) mode to measure the local, nanoscale elastic properties of soft materials …

Spring constant calibration of atomic force microscope cantilevers of arbitrary shape

JE Sader, JA Sanelli, BD Adamson, JP Monty… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
for a rectangular cantilever requires measurement of the resonant frequency and quality
factor in fluid (typically air), and knowledge of its plan view dimensions. This intrinsically …

Fast nanomechanical spectroscopy of soft matter

ET Herruzo, AP Perrino, R Garcia - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
A method that combines high spatial resolution, quantitative and non-destructive mapping of
surfaces and interfaces is a long standing goal in nanoscale microscopy. The method would …

Fast and high-resolution mapping of elastic properties of biomolecules and polymers with bimodal AFM

S Benaglia, VG Gisbert, AP Perrino, CA Amo… - Nature protocols, 2018 - nature.com
Fast, high-resolution mapping of heterogeneous interfaces with a wide elastic modulus
range is a major goal of atomic force microscopy (AFM). This goal becomes more …

Accurate wide-modulus-range nanomechanical mapping of ultrathin interfaces with bimodal atomic force microscopy

VG Gisbert, R Garcia - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
The nanoscale determination of the mechanical properties of interfaces is of paramount
relevance in materials science and cell biology. Bimodal atomic force microscopy (AFM) is …

[HTML][HTML] Know your full potential: Quantitative Kelvin probe force microscopy on nanoscale electrical devices

A Axt, IM Hermes, VW Bergmann… - Beilstein journal of …, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
In this study we investigate the influence of the operation method in Kelvin probe force
microscopy (KPFM) on the measured potential distribution. KPFM is widely used to map the …

High-speed atomic force microscopy for materials science

OD Payton, L Picco, TB Scott - International Materials Reviews, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Since its inception in 1986, the field of atomic force microscopy (AFM) has enabled surface
analysis and characterisation with unparalleled resolution in a wide variety of environments …

3D nanomechanical mapping of subcellular and sub-nuclear structures of living cells by multi-harmonic AFM with long-tip microcantilevers

YM Efremov, DM Suter, PS Timashev, A Raman - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recent developments such as multi-harmonic Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) techniques
have enabled fast, quantitative mapping of nanomechanical properties of living cells. Due to …