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Parameters of tip–sample interactions in shear mode using a quartz tuning fork AFM with controllable Q-factor

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A quartz tuning fork-based atomic force microscopy for investigating the tip–sample interactions at the nanoscale in the shear-force mode is described. Results of force interactions (damping and elastic forces) can be obtained from the amplitude-phase-distance spectroscopy measurements made with a tuning fork with a tungsten tip and a sample surface. The influence of the interaction between tip and sample using the quality factor as an indicator is investigated. Furthermore, a simple model shows that the extension of a tuning fork-based AFM can be applied to quantitative analysis of the properties of the sample surface.

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  1. A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, P. Brovka Str. 15, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    Vo Thanh Tung & S. A. Chizhik

  2. Institute of Applied Physics and Scientific Instrument of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Nhatrang, Vietnam

    Vo Thanh Tung & Tran Xuan Hoai

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Published in Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 141–149, January–February, 2009.

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Thanh Tung, V., Chizhik, S.A. & Xuan Hoai, T. Parameters of tip–sample interactions in shear mode using a quartz tuning fork AFM with controllable Q-factor. J Eng Phys Thermophy 82, 140–148 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-009-0155-3

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