OS1508 Investigation of Interatomic Force Under the Tip of Microwave-AFM Probe

Abstract

Recently, it has been reported that the microwave gives an effect to an interatomic force in local area among materials. Therefore, it is thought that an identification of materials and an evaluation of electrical characteristics become possible by clarifying the relation between microwave and interatomic force. So, we investigated interatomic force under the tip of microwave-AFM probe by focusing on the force-distance curve measurement using microwave-AFM as the first step. This paper describes the method and the results of the force-distance curve measurement on the sample of Au, Si, and glass. Results of this experiment indicate actually that microwave works as a force that amplifies the attractive force and the effect of microwave is different among samples which have different electric conductivities.