ME 597/PHYS 570: Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy (Fall 2009)

By Ron Reifenberger1, Arvind Raman2

1. Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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Fall 2009
NOTE: An updated teaching of this course is available at ME 597/PHYS 570: Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy (Fall 2010).

A course for students interested in learning the fundamentals underlying Atomic Force Microscopy.

References

There is really no required textbook for the course. A lot of the material is covered in individual lectures with a selection of key review and historical articles.

Here are some books that we recommend:

  • C. Julian Chen, Introduction to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, 2nd Edition (Oxford University Press, Oxford) 2008.
  • J. Israelachvili, Intermolecular and surface forces, 2nd Edition, (Elsevier), 1991.
  • E. Meyer, H. J. Hug, R. Bennewitz, Scanning Probe Microscopy – the lab on a tip, (Springer-Verlag) 2003.
  • D. Sarid, Scanning Force Microscopy: with applications to electric, magnetic and atomic forces, Oxford Series in Optical and Imaging Sciences, (Oxford University Press, Oxford) 1994.
  • V. J. Morris, A. P. Gunnig, A. R. Kirby, Atomic Force Microscopy for Biologists, (World Scientific) 1999.

 

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  • Ron Reifenberger, Arvind Raman (2009), "ME 597/PHYS 570: Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy (Fall 2009)," https://nanohub.org/resources/7320.

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ME 597 Introductory Lecture View
ME 597 Lecture 1: Introduction to Basic Quantum Mechanics View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 2: Electron States in Solids-Density of States View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 3: Quantum Tunneling/The STM View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 4: How to Make an STM View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 5: Some Topics in STM View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 6: The Transition from STM to AFM View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 7: Interaction Forces I View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 8: Interaction Forces II View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 9: Force Distance Curves I View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 10: Force Distance Curves II View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 12: Introduction to Dynamic AFM – Point Mass Approximation View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 13: Point Mass Models, Modeling AM-AFM View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 14: Cantilever Eigenmodes View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 16: Analytical Descriptions of AM-AFM, Theory of Phase Contrast View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 17: Imaging or Peak Forces in Tapping Mode AFM View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 18: Stiffness Callibration and Amplitude Modulated Scanning View
ME 597 Lecture 20: Imaging Artifacts in AM-AFM View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 21: Frequency Modulated AFM View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 22: Frequency Modulated AFM - Experimental Details View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 23: FM-AFM Selected Results View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 25: Using the AFM to Measure Electrostatic Forces View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 26: Scanning Probe Nanolithography View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 27a: Recent Advances in AFM View Flash View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 27b: Recent Advances in AFM View Notes (pdf)
ME 597 Lecture 28: Other Emerging dAFM Techniques View Flash View Notes (pdf)