Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-08-02
Nanotechnology 18 475504 (6pp) 2007
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1088/0957-4484/18/47/475504
A dual-excitation method for resonant-frequency tracking in scanning probe microscopy based on amplitude detection is developed. This method allows the cantilever to be operated at or near resonance for techniques where standard phase locked loops are not possible. This includes techniques with non-acoustic driving where the phase of the driving force is frequency and/or position dependent. An example of the later is Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM), where the resonant frequency of the cantilever is strongly dependent on the contact stiffness of the tip-surface junction and the local mechanical properties, but the spatial variability of the drive phase rules out the use of a phase locked loop. Combined with high-voltage switching and imaging, dual-frequency, resonance-tracking PFM allows reliable studies of electromechanical and elastic properties and polarization dynamics in a broad range of inorganic and biological systems, and is illustrated using lead zirconate-titanate, rat tail collagen, and native and switched ferroelectric domains in lithium niobate.
Callahan C.
Kalinin Sergei V.
Proksch Roger
Rodriguez Blanco J.
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