Recent advances in AFM tip-based nanomechanical machining

Y Yan, Y Geng, Z Hu - International journal of machine tools and …, 2015 - Elsevier
As one of the tip-based nanomanufacturing (TBN) approaches, the atomic force microscope
tip-based nanomechanical technique has already been used to successfully fabricate …

Characterization of cell scaffolds by atomic force microscopy

J Iturri, JL Toca-Herrera - Polymers, 2017 - mdpi.com
This review reports on the use of the atomic force microscopy (AFM) in the investigation of
cell scaffolds in recent years. It is shown how the technique is able to deliver information …

Friction and wear behavior of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene sliding against GCr15 steel and electroless Ni–P alloy coating under the lubrication of …

J Wang, F Yan, Q Xue - Tribology Letters, 2009 - Springer
The friction and wear behavior of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)
sliding against GCr15 steel and electroless Ni-P alloy coating under the lubrication of …

Tip-based nanomanufacturing process of single crystal SiC: Ductile deformation mechanism and process optimization

B Meng, D Yuan, J Zheng, P Qiu, S Xu - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoscale structures have attracted a lot of attention in various fields in recent years. Tip-
based nanomanufacturing (TBN) process has proven to be a promising technique for …

Biomimetic materials processing for tissue-engineering processes

R Chen, JA Hunt - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Material scaffolds play a key role in most tissue-engineering processes and regenerative
medicine therapies. As the provisional substitute to and potential analogue of natural …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscale manipulation of materials patterning through thermomechanical nanolithography using atomic force microscopy

S Chang, Y Yan, B Li, Y Geng - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted thermomechanical nanolithography to realize nanoscale manipulation of
materials patterning on a polymethyl methacrylate thin film. We used atomic force …

Molecular dynamics simulation of the combination effect of the tip inclination and scratching direction on nanomachining of single crystal silicon

Y Yan, Z Li, J Jia, J Wang, Y Geng - Computational Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to investigate the
combination effect of the tip inclination and scratching direction on the tip-based …

Controlled nanodot fabrication by rippling polycarbonate surface using an AFM diamond tip

Y Yan, Y Sun, J Li, Z Hu, X Zhao - Nanoscale research letters, 2014 - Springer
The single scratching test of polymer polycarbonate (PC) sample surface using an atomic
force microscope (AFM) diamond tip for fabricating ripple patterns has been studied with the …

The effects of feedback control parameters on the formation of protuberances in poly (methyl methacrylate) by dynamic plowing lithography

Y He, Y Yan, Y Geng - Precision Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, nanoscale protuberances were fabricated on poly (methyl
methacrylate)(PMMA) thin-film surface by mechanical scanning probe lithography, namely …

Study of the formation mechanism of bundle structures using AFM tip-based nanoscratching approach

J Wang, Y Yan, S Chang, T Wang, Y Geng, Y Gan - Tribology International, 2020 - Elsevier
To investigate the formation mechanism of bundle structures on polycarbonate (PC)
surfaces, atomic force microscopy (AFM) was utilized to scratch a PC sheet. A theoretical …