Effect of Hydration Film on Scanning Images of Atomoc Force Microscope
Peng Changsheng
SONG Shaoxian
Abstract：Atomic force microscope (AFM) can operate with contact and tapping modes, under air and water conditions. It is well known that hydration films will be formed on the surface of tip and sample after they immersed in water. So it is necessary to know the effect of hydration films on scanning images. A 1 μm standard calibration grating was used for image scanning to investigate the effect of hydration films on imaging resolution in this paper. The results show that the hydration films can greatly affect the imaging resolution for tapping mode, but no evident effect on contact mode.
Keywords：hydration filmAtomic force microscopescanning imageresoIution
Publication Date：2004-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 123-128 )