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Separation Of Topographic Features From Magnetic Force Images Using Capacitive Coupling Effect, Byung I. Kim Feb 2009

Separation Of Topographic Features From Magnetic Force Images Using Capacitive Coupling Effect, Byung I. Kim

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Separation of topographic features from magnetic images has been an issue for the past two decades in magnetic force microscopy (MFM). The frequent pickups of the topographic features are interpreted as transitions of the tip between bistable states of the tip-sample assembly in the noncontact and tapping regions. MFM using electrostatic force modulation demonstrates the separation of the topographic features from the magnetic images by removing the tapping state from the bistable states through the introduction of a capacitive coupling.


Cantilever Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscope, Jeremy R. Bonander, Byung I. Kim Mar 2008

Cantilever Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscope, Jeremy R. Bonander, Byung I. Kim

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

We developed a cantilever based optical interfacial force microscopy (COIFM) that employs a microactuated silicon cantilever and optical detection method to establish the measurement of the single molecular interactions using the force feedback technique. Through the direct measurement of the COIFM force-distance curves, we have demonstrated that the COIFM is capable of unveiling structural and mechanical information on interfacial water at the single molecular level over all distances between two hydrophilic surfaces.