Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2011,2, 85–98, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.10
the effect of functional (hydrophilic vs hydrophobic) molecules grafted on the Aunanoparticles on their mobility. In addition, we will address the important issue of environmental conditions (T, RH%), surface topography and tip scan velocities on the manipulation performance of gold nanoparticles
often heterogeneous in their chemical composition, functionalized nanoparticles provide good model systems to study and tune the mobility of nano-objects on these substrates. As a next step, the role of the hydrohilicity and hydrophobicity of the functional grafting on spherical Aunanoparticles is
from capillary bridges has also a strong influence on the mobility of spherical Aunanoparticles during their manipulation. Indeed, capillary forces of water films between both interfaces, nanoparticle–surface and tip–nanoparticle, will depend on the volume of liquid condensate present at the interface
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Figure 1:
Evolution of the logarithm of the dissipated power normalized by the radius (R) as a function of (a...