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This third lecture covers normal force measurements, lateral force measurements, and force calibration (normal + lateral).

Click on the link below to download the notes. Note: These slides have been updated as of 11/22/2010 to fix some typo’s.

AFM_Tutorial_Lecture3_handout_FL

These are notes from the second of three tutorial lectures being delivered by R.W. Carpick on atomic force microscopy. The lectures are being given at ETH Zürich, on Monday Nov. 8, 15, and 22 in room HCI D2, 15:45 – 16: 45.

This second lecture covers tip characterization, and normal forces.

AFM_Tutorial_Lecture2_handout_FL

Lecture notes are posted here on the Nanoprobe Network.

Click here to download the announcement: Announcement of AFM Tutorials (PDF file)

The notes from the first lecture are posted here.

The notes from the second lecture are posted here.

The notes from the third lecture are posted here.

This first lecture covers general instrumentation issues and piezo scanners.

AFM_Tutorial_Lecture1_handout_FL

Here is the description of the meeting from the website:

Over the past decades, it has been well established that the mechanical behavior of materials changes when they are confined geometrically at least in one dimension to small scale. It is the aim of the 2010 Gordon Conference on “Thin Film and Small Scale Mechanical Behavior” to discuss cutting-edge research on elastic, plastic and time-dependent deformation as well as degradation mechanisms like fracture, fatigue and wear at small scales. As in the past, the conference will benefit from contributions from fundamental studies of physical mechanisms linked to material science and engineering reaching towards application in modern applications ranging from optical and microelectronic devices and nano- or micro-electrical mechanical systems to devices for energy production and storage. The conference will feature entirely new testing methodologies and in situ measurements as well as recent progress in atomistic and micromechanical modeling. Particularly, emerging topics in the area of energy conversion and storage, such as material for batteries will be highlighted. The study of small-scale mechanical phenomena in systems related to energy production, conversion or storage offer an enticing opportunity to materials scientists, who can provide new insight and investigate these phenomena with methods that have not previously been exploited.

Single Molecule Conductance of DNA Bases and Sequencing by Tunneling; Imaging Nucleic Acids with the AFM
Running time: 56 minutes
April 8, 2009
Speakers: Stuart Lindsay, PhD Arizona State University, Edward and Nadine Carson Professor of Physics and Chemistry Biodesign Institute; W. Travis Johnson, PhD, Research Scientists, Agilent Technologies

Single Molecule Conductance of DNA Bases and Sequencing by Tunneling.
The scanning probe microscope is a great tool for measuring the conductance of single molecules. Tunneling current measurements are sensitive to the hydrogen bonding between base-pairs, while measurements of the conductance of base-nucleoside pairs yields a value for their absolute conductance, opening the way to design of a device that sequences DNA by means of tunneling measurements.

“Imaging Nucleic Acids with the AFM”
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) can be used to obtain highly accurate, nanometer scale images of nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA, in air or in physiological conditions. This makes the AFM a powerful analytical tool to study the structure and function of DNA. In this seminar the study of nucleic acids via AFM will be discussed and explored.

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