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 …

Operando characterization of organic mixed ionic/electronic conducting materials

R Wu, M Matta, BD Paulsen, J Rivnay - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Operando characterization plays an important role in revealing the structure–property
relationships of organic mixed ionic/electronic conductors (OMIECs), enabling the direct …

Measuring viscoelasticity of soft biological samples using atomic force microscopy

YM Efremov, T Okajima, A Raman - Soft matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanical properties play important roles at different scales in biology. At the level of a
single cell, the mechanical properties mediate mechanosensing and mechanotransduction …

Structural-mechanical characterization of nanoparticle exosomes in human saliva, using correlative AFM, FESEM, and force spectroscopy

S Sharma, HI Rasool, V Palanisamy, C Mathisen… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
All living systems contain naturally occurring nanoparticles with unique structural,
biochemical, and mechanical characteristics. Specifically, human saliva exosomes secreted …

Mapping nanomechanical properties of live cells using multi-harmonic atomic force microscopy

A Raman, S Trigueros, A Cartagena… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
The nanomechanical properties of living cells, such as their surface elastic response and
adhesion, have important roles in cellular processes such as morphogenesis, mechano …

Advances in atomic force microscopy for probing polymer structure and properties

D Wang, TP Russell - Macromolecules, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

[HTML][HTML] Nanomechanical mapping of soft matter by bimodal force microscopy

R Garcia, R Proksch - European Polymer Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Bimodal force microscopy is a dynamic force-based method with the capability of mapping
simultaneously the topography and the nanomechanical properties of soft-matter surfaces …

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 …

The band excitation method in scanning probe microscopy for rapid mapping of energy dissipation on the nanoscale

S Jesse, SV Kalinin, R Proksch, AP Baddorf… - …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Mapping energy transformation pathways and dissipation on the nanoscale and
understanding the role of local structure in dissipative behavior is a key challenge for …

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 …