David L Patrick1, John F Flanagan, Patrick Kohl

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA. patrick@chem.wwu.edu

まとめ

原子学的シミュレーションは,化学力顕微鏡のチップサンプル相互作用が負荷下でどのように変化するかを明らかにします. 自己組み立ての単層膜は固まり,その組成が変化し,標準的な接触力学モデルから逸脱する不均一な力分布が生じます.

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