Noncontact atomic force microscopy

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Editor: Prof. Udo D. Schwarz
Yale University
 
No other method has opened the door to progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology as much as the introduction of scanning probe methods did in the 1980s, since they offer a way to visualize the nanoworld. Since the beginnings, almost two decades ago, NC-AFM has evolved into a powerful method that is able not just to image surfaces, but also to quantify tip–sample forces and interaction potentials as well as to manipulate individual atoms on conductors, semiconductors, and insulators alike.

See also the Thematic Series:
Noncontact atomic force microscopy III

Noncontact atomic force microscopy II

Advanced atomic force microscopy techniques IV

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Noncontact atomic force microscopy

  • Udo D. Schwarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 172–173, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.17

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Published 29 Feb 2012

Effect of the tip state during qPlus noncontact atomic force microscopy of Si(100) at 5 K: Probing the probe

  • Adam Sweetman,
  • Sam Jarvis,
  • Rosanna Danza and
  • Philip Moriarty

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 25–32, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.3

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Published 09 Jan 2012

qPlus magnetic force microscopy in frequency-modulation mode with millihertz resolution

  • Maximilian Schneiderbauer,
  • Daniel Wastl and
  • Franz J. Giessibl

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 174–178, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.18

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Published 29 Feb 2012

Quantitative multichannel NC-AFM data analysis of graphene growth on SiC(0001)

  • Christian Held,
  • Thomas Seyller and
  • Roland Bennewitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 179–185, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.19

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Published 29 Feb 2012

Molecular-resolution imaging of pentacene on KCl(001)

  • Julia L. Neff,
  • Jan Götzen,
  • Enhui Li,
  • Michael Marz and
  • Regina Hoffmann-Vogel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 186–191, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.20

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Published 29 Feb 2012

Noncontact atomic force microscopy study of the spinel MgAl2O4(111) surface

  • Morten K. Rasmussen,
  • Kristoffer Meinander,
  • Flemming Besenbacher and
  • Jeppe V. Lauritsen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 192–197, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.21

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Published 06 Mar 2012

Theoretical study of the frequency shift in bimodal FM-AFM by fractional calculus

  • Elena T. Herruzo and
  • Ricardo Garcia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 198–206, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.22

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Published 07 Mar 2012

A measurement of the hysteresis loop in force-spectroscopy curves using a tuning-fork atomic force microscope

  • Manfred Lange,
  • Dennis van Vörden and
  • Rolf Möller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 207–212, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.23

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Published 08 Mar 2012

An NC-AFM and KPFM study of the adsorption of a triphenylene derivative on KBr(001)

  • Antoine Hinaut,
  • Adeline Pujol,
  • Florian Chaumeton,
  • David Martrou,
  • André Gourdon and
  • Sébastien Gauthier

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 221–229, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.25

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Published 12 Mar 2012

Modeling noncontact atomic force microscopy resolution on corrugated surfaces

  • Kristen M. Burson,
  • Mahito Yamamoto and
  • William G. Cullen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 230–237, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.26

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Published 13 Mar 2012

Analysis of force-deconvolution methods in frequency-modulation atomic force microscopy

  • Joachim Welker,
  • Esther Illek and
  • Franz J. Giessibl

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 238–248, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.27

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Published 14 Mar 2012

Simultaneous current, force and dissipation measurements on the Si(111) 7×7 surface with an optimized qPlus AFM/STM technique

  • Zsolt Majzik,
  • Martin Setvín,
  • Andreas Bettac,
  • Albrecht Feltz,
  • Vladimír Cháb and
  • Pavel Jelínek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 249–259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.28

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Published 15 Mar 2012
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Published 19 Mar 2012

Junction formation of Cu3BiS3 investigated by Kelvin probe force microscopy and surface photovoltage measurements

  • Fredy Mesa,
  • William Chamorro,
  • William Vallejo,
  • Robert Baier,
  • Thomas Dittrich,
  • Alexander Grimm,
  • Martha C. Lux-Steiner and
  • Sascha Sadewasser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 277–284, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.31

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Published 23 Mar 2012

Dipole-driven self-organization of zwitterionic molecules on alkali halide surfaces

  • Laurent Nony,
  • Franck Bocquet,
  • Franck Para,
  • Frédéric Chérioux,
  • Eric Duverger,
  • Frank Palmino,
  • Vincent Luzet and
  • Christian Loppacher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 285–293, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.32

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Published 27 Mar 2012

Wavelet cross-correlation and phase analysis of a free cantilever subjected to band excitation

  • Francesco Banfi and
  • Gabriele Ferrini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 294–300, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.33

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Published 29 Mar 2012

Graphite, graphene on SiC, and graphene nanoribbons: Calculated images with a numerical FM-AFM

  • Fabien Castanié,
  • Laurent Nony,
  • Sébastien Gauthier and
  • Xavier Bouju

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 301–311, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.34

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Published 02 Apr 2012

Models of the interaction of metal tips with insulating surfaces

  • Thomas Trevethan,
  • Matthew Watkins and
  • Alexander L. Shluger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 329–335, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.37

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Published 13 Apr 2012

Drive-amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy: From vacuum to liquids

  • Miriam Jaafar,
  • David Martínez-Martín,
  • Mariano Cuenca,
  • John Melcher,
  • Arvind Raman and
  • Julio Gómez-Herrero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 336–344, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.38

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Published 18 Apr 2012
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