Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2012-04-06
J. Appl. Phys. 111, 054308 (2012)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
8 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3692567
When a micro cantilever with a nano-scale tip is manipulated on a substrate with atomic-scale roughness, the periodic lateral frictional force and stochastic fluctuations may induce stick-slip motion of the cantilever tip, which greatly decreases the precision of the nano manipulation. This unwanted motion cannot be reduced by open-loop control especially when there exist parameter uncertainties in the system model, and thus needs to introduce feedback control. However, real-time feedback cannot be realized by the existing virtual reality virtual feedback techniques based on the position sensing capacity of the atomic force microscopy (AFM). To solve this problem, we propose a new method to design real-time feedback control based on the force sensing approach to compensate for the disturbances and thus reduce the stick-slip motion of the cantilever tip. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations show that the controlled motion of the cantilever tip tracks the desired trajectory with much higher precision. Further investigation shows that our proposal is robust under various parameter uncertainties. Our study opens up new perspectives of real-time nano manipulation.
Li Chun-Wen
Miao Lei
Tarn Tzyh-Jong
Wang Yue-Chao
Wu Re-Bing
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