Nanotubes Documents

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Nanotubes 

written by Mark R. Flowers

The well-defined structure of nanotubes makes them ideal for demonstrating the
influence the structure of the end of an Atomic Force Microscope tip has on a measured image. These materials describe the basics of operating an Atomic Force Microscope and imaging a carbon nanotube sample in both contact mode and dynamic force mode. An introduction to how the AFM scans the surface and interprets interactions into 3D images and information on image analysis is provided in a supplemental document.

The experiment was performed during the Introduction to Nanoscale Imaging with the Atomic Force Microscope workshop at the 2009 Topical Conference on Advanced Laboratories.

Published July 25, 2009
Last Modified June 7, 2012

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Supplemental Documents

A Brief Introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy 

This document provides an introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) including AFM setup, the force sensor, the position detector, the feedback system, and the contact and non-contact operation modes.

Last Modified June 7, 2012

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