AFM-IR: Technology and applications in nanoscale infrared spectroscopy and chemical imaging

A Dazzi, CB Prater - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Atomic force microscopy-based infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) is a rapidly emerging
technique that provides chemical analysis and compositional mapping with spatial …

Best practices and recommendations for accurate nanomechanical characterization of heterogeneous polymer systems with atomic force microscopy

DW Collinson, RJ Sheridan, MJ Palmeri… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The past two decades have seen atomic force microscopy (AFM) evolve from an
experimental technique to probe simple surface topography to one that can spatially map …

Tautomerism unveils a self-inhibition mechanism of crystallization

W Tang, T Yang, CA Morales-Rivera, X Geng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Modifiers are commonly used in natural, biological, and synthetic crystallization to tailor the
growth of diverse materials. Here, we identify tautomers as a new class of modifiers where …

Mapping nanoscale elasticity and dissipation using dual frequency contact resonance AFM

A Gannepalli, DG Yablon, AH Tsou, R Proksch - Nanotechnology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on a technique that simultaneously quantifies the contact stiffness and dissipation
of an AFM cantilever in contact with a surface, which can ultimately be used for quantitative …

Nanoscale Elastic Changes in 2D Ti3C2Tx (MXene) Pseudocapacitive Electrodes

J Come, Y Xie, M Naguib, S Jesse… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Designing sustainable electrodes for next generation energy storage devices relies on the
understanding of their fundamental properties at the nanoscale, including the …

Combinatorial approaches as effective tools in the study of phase diagrams and composition–structure–property relationships

JC Zhao - Progress in materials science, 2006 - Elsevier
This article will provide an overview of state-of-the-art combinatorial/high-throughput
methodologies and tools for accelerated materials research and discovery. Combinatorial …

Exploring local electrostatic effects with scanning probe microscopy: implications for piezoresponse force microscopy and triboelectricity

N Balke, P Maksymovych, S Jesse, II Kravchenko… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The implementation of contact mode Kelvin probe force microscopy (cKPFM) utilizes the
electrostatic interactions between tip and sample when the tip and sample are in contact …

Quantification of surface displacements and electromechanical phenomena via dynamic atomic force microscopy

N Balke, S Jesse, P Yu, B Carmichael… - …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Detection of dynamic surface displacements associated with local changes in material strain
provides access to a number of phenomena and material properties. Contact resonance …

Measuring and understanding contact area at the nanoscale: a review

TDB Jacobs, A Martini - Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The size of the mechanical contact between nanoscale bodies that are pressed together
under load has implications for adhesion, friction, and electrical and thermal transport at …

Contact-resonance atomic force microscopy for viscoelasticity

PA Yuya, DC Hurley, JA Turner - Journal of Applied Physics, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We present a quantitative method for determining the viscoelastic properties of materials
with nanometer spatial resolution. The approach is based on the atomic force acoustic …