Modeling and measurements in Atomic Force Microscopy Resonance Modes

Quantitative Nanoscale Mechanical (QNM) studies in Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) are usually associated with the Contact and Non-Resonance modes. The extraction of QNM data in AFM Resonance modes, such as Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, is a more challenging task. This paper describes a novel modeling techniques for the AFM Resonance modes and related QNM applications. The approach is based on Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky (KBM) asymptotic dynamics of AFM in resonance modes.