Title data
Kluge, Daniel ; Abraham, Frank ; Schmidt, Stephan ; Schmidt, Hans-Werner ; Fery, Andreas:
Nanomechanical Properties of Supramolecular Self-Assembled Whiskers Determined by AFM Force Mapping.
In: Langmuir.
Vol. 26
(2010)
Issue 5
.
- pp. 3020-3023.
ISSN 1520-5827
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/la904780c
Project information
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Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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Abstract in another language
In this Letter, we investigate the nanomechanical properties of self-assembled 1,3,5-benzenetrisamide whiskers with atomic force microscopy (AFM) bending experiments. We use force mapping to acquire spatially resolved force measurements over the full length of a whisker segment spanning a channel of a structured glass substrate. This allows validation of the experimental boundary conditions directly from the AFM data and a reliable determination of Young's modulus. The presented technique can be generalized for the mechanical characterization of other one-dimensional materials.