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Modulation of contact resonance frequency accompanying atomic-scale stick-slip in friction force microscopy

Steiner, Pascal and Roth, Raphael and Gnecco, Enrico and Glatzel, Thilo and Baratoff, Alexis and Meyer, Ernst. (2009) Modulation of contact resonance frequency accompanying atomic-scale stick-slip in friction force microscopy. Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, H. 49 , 495701, 6 S..

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Abstract

Novel phenomena accompanying atomic-scale friction are studied on NaCl(001) by the combination of quasistatic lateral force measurements with dynamic measurements of contact resonance frequencies. For loads up to a few nN the flexural resonance is tracked by a phase-locked-loop by the use of small oscillation amplitude (50 pm). The contact resonance varies during the stick stages, which demonstrates that the dynamic measurement provides additional information about small changes of the stressed contact. Improved sensitivity is also observed across atomic-scale defects which are clearly observed in the contact frequency channel. The low lateral contact stiffness inferred from the observed torsional resonance agrees well with that deduced from the quasistatic measurements and strongly suggests that the contact is atomic-sized.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Nanomechanik (Meyer)
UniBasel Contributors:Meyer, Ernst
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:IOP Publ.
ISSN:0957-4484
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:57

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