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Frequency modulation detection atomic force microscopy in the liquid environment

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True atomic resolution imaging using frequency modulation detection is already well established in ultra-high vacuum. In this paper we demonstrate that it also has great potential in the liquid environment. Using a combination of magnetic activation and high-aspect-ratio carbon nanotube probes, we show that imaging can be readily combined with point spectroscopy, revealing both the tip–sample interaction and the structure of the intermediate liquid.

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  1. JRCAT-NAIR, 1-1-4 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0046, Japan, JP

    S.P. Jarvis & H. Tokumoto

  2. Mechanical Engineering Laboratory and PRESTO-JST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8564, Japan, JP

    T. Ishida

  3. Department of Electronics, Himeji Institute of Technology, Himeji 671-2201, Japan, JP

    T. Uchihashi

  4. Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-Cho Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan, JP

    Y. Nakayama

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Received: 16 July 2000 / Accepted: 14 December 2000 / Published online: 27 March 2001

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Jarvis, S., Ishida, T., Uchihashi, T. et al. Frequency modulation detection atomic force microscopy in the liquid environment . Appl Phys A 72 (Suppl 1), S129–S132 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003390100647

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