| Title |
The Intrinsic Resolution Limit in the Atomic Force Microscope: Implications for Heights of Nano-Scale Features
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0023821 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sergio Santos, Victor Barcons, Hugo K. Christenson, Josep Font, Neil H. Thomson |
| Abstract |
Accurate mechanical characterization by the atomic force microscope at the highest spatial resolution requires that topography is deconvoluted from indentation. The measured height of nanoscale features in the atomic force microscope (AFM) is almost always smaller than the true value, which is often explained away as sample deformation, the formation of salt deposits and/or dehydration. We show that the real height of nano-objects cannot be obtained directly: a result arising as a consequence of the local probe-sample geometry. |
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