Overview of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)

By Ron Reifenberger

Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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Abstract

An introductory talk about scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) at the undergraduate level to explain what an SPM does and how it functions. The three main types of microscopy are summarized and used to motivate the invention of SPMs in the early 1980s. The physical principles required to understand the operation of an atomic force microscope (AFM) are discussed in a simple way. The essential components common to any SPM instrument are reviewed with an aim to better understand the function of this simple but versatile instrument. A few examples to illustrate state of the art work performed with SPMs are also cited.

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  • Ron Reifenberger (2014), "Overview of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)," https://nanohub.org/resources/21516.

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Birck Technology Center, Room 1001, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Overview of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)
  • Overview of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) 1. Overview of Scanning Probe Mic… 0
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  • Microscopy Summary 2. Microscopy Summary 88.288288288288285
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  • What's so special about SPMs? 3. What's so special about SPMs? 488.95562228895562
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  • Operational Principles 4. Operational Principles 726.35969302635976
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  • The Atomic Force Microscope 5. The Atomic Force Microscope 815.51551551551552
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  • Why the AFM Works 6. Why the AFM Works 1010.5772439105773
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  • Short-range Adatom-Substrate Forces 7. Short-range Adatom-Substrate F… 1351.6850183516851
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  • How is it a scanning microscope? 8. How is it a scanning microscop… 1768.6686686686687
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  • Commercially available microcantilever force sensors 9. Commercially available microca… 1985.3520186853521
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  • Cantilever Physics 10. Cantilever Physics 2119.2192192192192
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  • Detecting Picometer (~10-100 x10-12 m) Deflections 11. Detecting Picometer (~10-100 x… 2247.5141808475141
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  • Maintaining a constant force 12. Maintaining a constant force 2386.2862862862862
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  • Principle of Feedback Control 13. Principle of Feedback Control 2512.345679012346
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  • Reducing Floor Vibrations circa 1986 14. Reducing Floor Vibrations circ… 2677.510844177511
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  • Reducing Floor Vibrations circa 2005 Kevin G. Hall Nanometrology Lab 15. Reducing Floor Vibrations circ… 2842.6426426426428
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  • Achieving Vibrationless Motion at the Nanoscale 16. Achieving Vibrationless Motion… 2986.61995328662
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  • Generic Scanning Probe System Overview 17. Generic Scanning Probe System … 3083.5502168835505
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  • Seeing atoms in a day 18. Seeing atoms in a day 3194.1274607941277
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  • Imaging Modes 19. Imaging Modes 3314.9149149149152
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  • SPM Images Make an Impact 20. SPM Images Make an Impact 3418.4184184184187
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