Publication: Triaxial AFM Probes for Noncontact Trapping and Manipulation
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2011
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American Chemical Society
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Brown, Keith A., and Robert M. Westervelt. 2011. Triaxial AFM probes for noncontact trapping and manipulation. Nano Letters 11(8): 3197–3201.
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We show that a triaxial atomic force microscopy probe creates a noncontact trap for a single particle in a fluid via negative dielectrophoresis. A zero in the electric field profile traps the particle above the probe surface, avoiding adhesion, and the repulsive region surrounding the zero pushes other particles away, preventing clustering. Triaxial probes are promising for three-dimensional assembly and for selective imaging of a particular property of a sample using interchangeable functionalized particles.
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dielectrophoresis, noncontact trapping, AFM, assembly, nanoparticles, triaxial
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