Influence of the water layer on the shear force damping in near-field microscopy
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- 2 November 1998
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 73 (18) , 2594-2596
Abstract
The influence of the water layer on the shear force damping is investigated in the case of a perfectly flat mica surface. In ambient conditions it is shown that the damping curve exhibits three particular regimes depending on the tip-sample distance. Moreover, the damping varies significantly over the first hour, pointing out the complexity of the distance control by shear force detection.Keywords
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