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Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency
Small cantilevers with a megahertz-order resonance frequency provide excellent sensitivity and speed in liquid-environment atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, stable and accurate oscillation control of a small cantilever requires the photothermal excitation, which has hindered their applications...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32499532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65980-4 |
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author | Hirata, Kaito Igarashi, Takumi Suzuki, Keita Miyazawa, Keisuke Fukuma, Takeshi |
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description | Small cantilevers with a megahertz-order resonance frequency provide excellent sensitivity and speed in liquid-environment atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, stable and accurate oscillation control of a small cantilever requires the photothermal excitation, which has hindered their applications to the studies on photo-sensitive materials. Here, we develop a magnetic excitation system with a bandwidth wider than 4 MHz, enabling a light-free excitation of small cantilevers. In the system, a cantilever with a magnetic bead is driven by a magnetic field generated by a coil. In the coil driver, a differentiation circuit is used for compensating the frequency dependence of the coil impedance and keeping the current constant. By implementing several differentiation circuits with different frequency ranges, we enable to drive various cantilevers having different resonance frequencies with sufficient excitation efficiency. In contrast to the conventional coil driver with a closed-loop circuit, the developed one consists of an open-loop circuit and hence can be stably operated regardless of the coil design. With the developed system, atomic-resolution imaging of mica in liquid using a small cantilever with a megahertz-order resonance frequency is demonstrated. This development should lead to the future applications of AFM with small cantilevers to the studies on various photo-sensitive materials and phenomena. |
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spelling | pubmed-72724572020-06-05 Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency Hirata, Kaito Igarashi, Takumi Suzuki, Keita Miyazawa, Keisuke Fukuma, Takeshi Sci Rep Article Small cantilevers with a megahertz-order resonance frequency provide excellent sensitivity and speed in liquid-environment atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, stable and accurate oscillation control of a small cantilever requires the photothermal excitation, which has hindered their applications to the studies on photo-sensitive materials. Here, we develop a magnetic excitation system with a bandwidth wider than 4 MHz, enabling a light-free excitation of small cantilevers. In the system, a cantilever with a magnetic bead is driven by a magnetic field generated by a coil. In the coil driver, a differentiation circuit is used for compensating the frequency dependence of the coil impedance and keeping the current constant. By implementing several differentiation circuits with different frequency ranges, we enable to drive various cantilevers having different resonance frequencies with sufficient excitation efficiency. In contrast to the conventional coil driver with a closed-loop circuit, the developed one consists of an open-loop circuit and hence can be stably operated regardless of the coil design. With the developed system, atomic-resolution imaging of mica in liquid using a small cantilever with a megahertz-order resonance frequency is demonstrated. This development should lead to the future applications of AFM with small cantilevers to the studies on various photo-sensitive materials and phenomena. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7272457/ /pubmed/32499532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65980-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Hirata, Kaito Igarashi, Takumi Suzuki, Keita Miyazawa, Keisuke Fukuma, Takeshi Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency |
title | Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency |
title_full | Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency |
title_fullStr | Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency |
title_full_unstemmed | Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency |
title_short | Wideband Magnetic Excitation System for Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers with Megahertz-Order Resonance Frequency |
title_sort | wideband magnetic excitation system for atomic force microscopy cantilevers with megahertz-order resonance frequency |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32499532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65980-4 |
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