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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/23/235701
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Endowed with nanoscale spatial resolution, contact resonance atomic force microscopy (CR-AFM) provides extremely localized elastic property measurements. We advance here the applicability of CR-AFM on surfaces with nanosize features by considering the topography contribution to the CR-AFM signal. On nanosize granular Au films, the elastic modulus at the grain scale has been mapped out by considering a self-consistent deconvolution of the contact geometry effect in the CR-AFM image. Significant variation in the contact area over granular topography arises as the probe is either in single- or multiple-asperity contact with the surface. Consequently, in extracting the elastic modulus from CR-AFM measurements on granular surfaces we considered both the normal and lateral couplings established through multiple-asperity contacts between the tip and the surface. Thus, by appropriately considering the change in the contact mechanics during CR-AFM imaging, variations in the elastic modulus have been revealed in the intergrain regions as well as across individual grains.
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