Real-time simulation of AFM tip-surface cohesive interactions

Sylvain Marlière (1, 2) , Daniela Urma (1, 2) , Jean-Loup Florens (2) , Florence Marchi (3)

1 LEPES - Laboratoire d'Etudes des Propriétés Electroniques des Solides
2 ACROE - ACROE
3 CP

The manipulation of nano-objects requires specific instruments as Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). Despite qualities and performances of these devices, many physicists complained about the lacks of adequate man-AFM interfaces, since the experimentalist can not control the AFM tip during the sample scan or feel in real-time the results of his actions on the sample surface. The work presented here aims to this objective: allowing the experimentalist to act on and feel the nanoworld phenomena during the manipulation by the use of multisensory representations including the force feeling.

Domaines: Synthèse d'image et réalité virtuelle [cs.GR]

Sylvain Marlière, Daniela Urma, Jean-Loup Florens, Florence Marchi. Real-time simulation of AFM tip-surface cohesive interactions. Trends in NanoTechnologies Conference 2003, 2003, Salamanca, Spain. pp.143-144. ⟨hal-00910598⟩