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Basins of attraction of tapping mode atomic force microscopy with capillary force interactions
Applied Physics Letters (2009)
  • Nicole N. Hashemi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Reza Montazami, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Abstract
We perform a large number of simulations over a wide range of system parameters to approximate the basins of attraction of steady oscillating solutions. We find that the basins of attraction vary as a function of system parameters and initial conditions. For large equilibrium separations, the basin of attraction is dominated by the low-amplitude solution. The location of the fixed point is shifted toward the higher values of instantaneous displacement and velocity for larger equilibrium separations. We show that the basin of attraction in the neighborhood of the fixed point is dominated by low-amplitude solutions as relative humidity is increased.
Keywords
  • Atomic force microscopy,
  • periodic solutions,
  • numerical solutions,
  • atom surface interactions,
  • attractors
Publication Date
2009
Publisher Statement
Copyright 2009 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.
Citation Information
Nicole N. Hashemi and Reza Montazami. "Basins of attraction of tapping mode atomic force microscopy with capillary force interactions" Applied Physics Letters Vol. 94 Iss. 251902 (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nastaran_hashemi/8/