Biomolecular interactions underpin most processes inside the cell. Hence, a precise and
quantitative understanding of molecular association and dissociation events is crucial, not …

A method is proposed for quantitatively measuring the elastic modulus of materials using
atomic force microscopy (AFM) nanoindentation. In this method, the cantilever deformation …

We analyzed the parameter effects of an optical knife-edge sensor (OKES) and the
measurement uncertainty to achieve high linearity, long range, and high accuracy for …

We show that an optical knife-edge technique can be used to detect the parallel shift of an
object with sub-nanometer resolution over a wide bandwidth. This allows to design simple …

The adhesion force between a silicon nitride tip and a 1-dodecanethiol monolayer have
been measured at different loading rates and different humidity. A way to extract the kinetic …

Stable and hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols are promising materials
for use as lubricants in microdevices and nanodevices. We applied high-rate dynamic force …

We present a method for the characterization of adhesive bonds formed in nanocontacts.
Using a modified atomic force microscope, the nanoadhesion between a silicon nitride tip …

The elastic moduli of a range of polymers were characterized by nanoindentation on an
atomic force microscope (AFM), using a recently proposed protocol involving a jump in the …

The atomic force microscope (AFM) has become one of the leading nanoscale
measurement techniques for materials science since its creation in the 1980's, but has been …

Atomic force microscopy has become an important technique for studying the adhesion of
nanometer-sized contacts. However, there is still no good method to quantitatively …