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Scanning Force Microscopy in the Classroom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Fredy Zypman
Fredy Zypman*
Affiliation:
zypman@yu.edu, Yeshiva University, Physics, 2495 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, 10033, United States
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Abstract

We describe a strategy to efficiently introduce concepts of scanning force microscopy in introductory science and engineering classes. Particular emphasis is placed in qualitative understanding via intuition building with numerical trial and error. In addition, model development is introduced and used to perform quantitative predictions of force-separation curves.

Keywords

scanning probe microscopy (SPM)nanoscalestress/strain relationship
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 909: Symposium PP – Forum on Materials Science Education , 2005 , 0909-PP03-16
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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