Lateral stiffness: A new nanomechanical measurement for the determination of shear strengths with friction force microscopy
- 24 March 1997
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 70 (12), 1548-1550
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.118639
Abstract
We present a technique to measure the lateral stiffness of the nanometer-sized contact formed between a friction force microscope tip and a sample surface. Since the lateral stiffness of an elastic contact is proportional to the contact radius, this measurement can be used to study the relationship between friction, load, and contact area. As an example, we measure the lateral stiffness of the contact between a silicon nitride tip and muscovite mica in a humid atmosphere (55% relative humidity) as a function of load. Comparison with friction measurements confirms that friction is proportional to contact area and allows determination of the shear strength.Keywords
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