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    • Direct measurement of interatomic force gradients using an ultra-low-amplitude atomic force microscope 

      Hoffmann, P. M.; Oral, A.; Grimble, R. A.; Özer, H. Ö.; Jeffery, S.; Pethica, J. B. (The Royal Society Publishing, 2001)
      Interatomic force gradients between a W tip and a 7 × 7 reconstructed Si(111) surface were measured using an off-resonance, ultra-low-amplitude atomic force microscope (AFM) technique. The amplitudes used were less than 1 ...
    • Direct measurement of molecular stiffness and damping in confined water layers 

      Jeffery, S.; Hoffmann, P. M.; Pethica, J. B.; Ramanujan, C.; Özer, H. Ö.; Oral, A. (The American Physical Society, 2004)
      We present direct and linear measurements of the normal stiffness and damping of a confined, few molecule thick water layer. The measurements were obtained by use of a small amplitude (0.36 Å), off-resonance atomic force ...
    • Energy dissipation in atomic force microscopy and atomic loss processes 

      Hoffmann, P. M.; Jeffery, S.; Pethica, J. B.; Özer, H. Ö.; Oral, A. (American Physical Society, 2001)
      Atomic scale dissipation is of great interest in nanomechanics and atomic manipulation. We present dissipation measurements with a linearized, ultrasmall amplitude atomic force microscope which is capable of measuring ...
    • Linear measurements of nanomechanical phenomena using small-amplitude AFM 

      Hoffmann, P. M.; Patil, S.; Matei, G.; Tanülkü, A.; Grimble, R.; Özer, Ö.; Jeffery, S.; Oral, Ahmet; Pethica, J. (Materials Research Society, 2004)
      Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is typically performed at amplitudes that are quite large compared to the measured interaction range. This complicates the data interpretation as measurements become highly non-linear. ...
    • Nanomechanics using an ultra-small amplitude AFM 

      Hoffmann, P. M.; Jeffery, S.; Oral, Ahmet; Grimble, R. A.; Özer, H. Özgür; Pethica, J. B. (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
      A new type of AFM is presented which allows for direct measurements of nanomechanical properties in ultra-high vacuum and liquid environments. The AFM is also capable to atomic-scale imaging of force gradients. This is ...