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Figure Bl.19.16. Schematic view of the force sensor for an AFM. The essential features are a tip, shown as a rounded cone, a spring, and some device to measure the deflection of the spring. (Taken from [74], figure 6.)...

Figure Bl.19.23. Principle of simultaneous measurement of nomial and lateral (torsional) forces. The intensity difference of the upper and lower segments of the photodiode is proportional to the z-bending of the cantilever. The intensity difference between the right and left segments is proportional to the torsion, t, of the force sensor. (Taken from [110], figure 2.)...

Jarvis S P, Durig U, Lantz M A, Yamada H and Tokumoto H 1998 Feedback stabilized force-sensors a gateway to the direct measurement of interaction potentials Appl. Phys. A 66 S211... 

Joyce, S.A. and Houston, J.E., A new force sensor incorporating force-feedback control for interfacial force microscopy. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 62(3), 710-715 (1991). 

In order to investigate the friction properties of lubricant film in TFL, an apparatus with a floating device was developed by Shen et al. as shown in Fig. 17 [48]. The steel ball is fixed so that it does not roll in the experiment and a pure sliding has been kept. The measuring system of micro-friction force is composed of a straining force sensor with a resolution of 5 yu,N, a dynamic electric resistance strain gage, an AD data-collecting card, and a computer. 

Sagvolden et al. [86] also combined the use of colloids with AFM force sensors to study adhesion. In their case, instead of attaching the colloid to the end of the AFM probe and applying a normal force, they approached the free colloids from side on, with the AFM cantilevered at an angle of approximately 30° to the surface normal. Thus, they applied a predominantly lateral force to the colloid particles. The colloids were coated with protein molecules, and their adhesion was studied against three nonbiological surfaces, consisting... 

R. Dreyfus Magnetic Filaments Application to the Conception of Force Sensor and Artificial Microscopic Swimmers. Ph.D thesis, Paris VI University (2005). 

The Effect of the Bead or Cantilever. Hummer and Szabo [94] have analyzed the effect of a force sensor attached to the system (i.e., the bead in the optical trap or the cantilever in the AFM) in the work measurements. To this end, we consider a simplified model of the experimental setup (Fig. 8). In such a model, the molecular system (that includes the molecule of interest—RNA or protein— and the handles) is connected to a spring (that models the trapped bead or the AFM... 

Conceptually, predecessors of the scanning force microscope are the surface force apparatus (SFA) [73,74] and the stylus profilometer [75,76]. The SFA enables measurement of normal and friction forces between molecularly smooth surfaces as small as 1 nN as a function of distance with a resolution of 0.1 nm. In addition to the local force measurement, the profilometer provides a topographic map of the surface by scanning the surface with a sharp probe. However, the profilometer is not suitable for structure characterisation because of the large radius of the tip (about 1 pm) and the low sensitivity of the force sensor (in the range of 1(T2 to 1(T5 N). 

The auxiliary force is usually controlled by software which is different from supplier to supplier. The spindle is then lifted typically 1 mm. A force sensor traces the force necessary to lift the valve spindle. Isochronically with the lift force measurement, the pressure of the system is traced. 

The Atomic Force Microscope. The principle setup of an AFM is comparable to that of an STM, except that the tunneling tip is replaced by a force sensor (cantilever). A schematic view of an AFM is shown in Fig. 4. A sharp, not necessarily conductive tip, is mounted on the end of a spring. 

F. J. Giessibl, High speed force sensors for force microscopy and profilometry utilizing a quartz tuning fork, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73(26), 3956 (1998). 

S. Hembacher, F. J. Giessibl and J. Mannhart, Evaluation of a force sensor based on a quartz tuning fork for operation at low temperatures and ultrahigh vacuum, Appl. Surf. Sci. 188, 445 (2002). 

SECM instruments (77,78) will undoubtedly increase the scope and power of SECM. Further improvements in the power and scope of SECM has resulted from its coupling scanning probe or optical imaging techniques, such as AFM (57,79) or single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy (80). The combined SECM-AFM technique offers simultaneous topographic and electrochemical imaging in connection to a probe containing a force sensor and an electrode component, respectively. 

Up to date, besides the SFA, several non-interferometric techniques have been developed for direct measurements of surface forces between solid surfaces. The most popular and widespread is atomic force microscopy, AFM [14]. This technique has been refined for surface forces measurements by introducing the colloidal probe technique [15,16], The AFM colloidal probe method is, compared to the SFA, rapid and allows for considerable flexibility with respect to the used substrates, taken into account that there is no requirement for the surfaces to be neither transparent, nor atomically smooth over macroscopic areas. However, it suffers an inherent drawback as compared to the SFA It is not possible to determine the absolute distance between the surfaces, which is a serious limitation, especially in studies of soft interfaces, such as, e.g., polymer adsorption layers. Another interesting surface forces technique that deserves attention is measurement and analysis of surface and interaction forces (MASIF), developed by Parker [17]. This technique allows measurement of interaction between two macroscopic surfaces and uses a bimorph as a force sensor. In analogy to the AFM, this technique allows for rapid measurements and expands flexibility with respect to substrate choice however, it fails if the absolute distance resolution is required. 

The parameters include the critical cracking energy G and the mode-I tensile toughness of the coating. For the dual layer and triple layer systems presented here, the parameters deduced from three experiments for each type of sample are presented in Tables 6 and 7. The strain values are measured to an accuracy of 0.02% following a prior calibration. The applied stress is known to be within 0.1%, from a force sensor and the distance between two cracks is the average of twenty or so values determined to an accuracy of one micron in the central part of the specimen. 

The lateral motion of the tip leads to a shear-force generated between the tip and the sample. The oscillation amplitude of the tip is decreased under a constant excitation due to the damping as the tip approaches to the surface. This can be detected at a distance as far as 30 nm away from a sample surface, depending on the oscillation amplitude of the tip [69]. Detailed characteristics of a TF shear-force sensor were also reported and it was shown that the quality factor is decreased as well as that the resonance frequency shifts to higher frequencies as the tip-sample distance is decreased [52]. Due to the jump-in-contact behavior caused by... 

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