The Stochastic Dynamics of an Array of Atomic Force Microscopes in a Viscous Fluid

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2006-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608618v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

7 page article with 11 images submitted to the International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2006.10.00

We consider the stochastic dynamics of an array of two closely spaced atomic force microscope cantilevers in a viscous fluid for use as a possible biomolecule sensor. The cantilevers are not driven externally, as is common in applications of atomic force microscopy, and we explore the stochastic cantilever dynamics due to the constant buffeting of fluid particles by Brownian motion. The stochastic dynamics of two adjacent cantilevers are correlated due to long range effects of the viscous fluid. Using a recently proposed thermodynamic approach the hydrodynamic correlations are quantified for precise experimental conditions through deterministic numerical simulations. Results are presented for an array of two readily available atomic force microscope cantilevers. It is shown that the force on a cantilever due to the fluid correlations with an adjacent cantilever is more than 3 times smaller than the Brownian force on an individual cantilever. Our results indicate that measurements of the correlations in the displacement of an array of atomic force microscopes can detect piconewton forces with microsecond time resolution.

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