Dynamic calibration of higher eigenmode parameters of a cantilever in atomic force microscopy by using tip–surface interactions

• Stanislav S. Borysov,
• Daniel Forchheimer and
• David B. Haviland

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1899–1904, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.200

• Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA 10.3762/bjnano.5.200 Abstract We present a theoretical framework for the dynamic calibration of the higher eigenmode parameters (stiffness and optical lever inverse responsivity) of a cantilever. The method is based on the tip–surface

• lever inverse responsivity, Vn is the measured voltage (corresponding to the eigencoordinate zn = αnVn, where total tip deflection is ), is the linear transfer function of a harmonic oscillator with the resonant frequency ωn and quality factor Qn, F is a nonlinear tip–surface force and fn is a drive

• in the different detected voltages, V1 ≠ V2. In the case of small deflections, zn is proportional to Vn with some coefficient αn called optical lever inverse responsivity. The tip–surface force (Equation 6) used in the simulations. The white dashed line corresponds to a phase space trajectory of the

Ultraviolet photodetection of flexible ZnO nanowire sheets in polydimethylsiloxane polymer

• Jinzhang Liu,
• Nunzio Motta and
• Soonil Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 353–359, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.41

• photodetectors based on ZnO films or nanocrystals have been reported. It has been demonstrated that ZnO nanowires have high internal photoconduction gain and much stronger responsivity under UV-light illumination compared to the bulk film [3]. The UV photoresponse mechanism of ZnO nanowires is dominated by the

• adsorption and desorption of oxygen molecules [4]. In vacuum, ZnO nanowires show a prolonged UV photoresponse time and lowered responsivity [5]. So far, many UV photosensors have been made from ZnO one-dimensional nanostructures with various configurations, for sensing elements, such as single-nanowire

• nanowire film can be enhanced by PDMS coating. The responsivity of the device, defined as the photocurrent per unit of incident optical power, is determined by the UV photoconductivity of the ZnO nanowires. From the I–V curves we can deduce that the PDMS coating over ZnO nanowires results in an