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Frictional effects in atomic force microscopy of Langmuir-Blodgett films |
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| Authors: | E ten Grotenhuis J C van Milterburg J P van der Eerden |
| Abstract: | Frictional effects in atomic force microscopy (AFM) of Langmuir-Blodgett films of 1, 2-dipalmitoyl-snglycero-phosphoglycerol were examined. Height measurements of the Langmuir layers are strongly influenced by the orientation of the cantilevers used in AFM relative to the sample. A simple model is used to describe the frictional effects and to calculate the real height of the monolayers. |
| Keywords: | atomic force microscopy friction Langmuir-Blodgett films |