Nanometer-precision non-local deformation reconstruction using nanodiamond orientation sensing
arXiv:1901.03235 · doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11252-3
Abstract
Information of material deformation upon loading is critical to evaluate mechanical properties of materials in general, and key to understand fundamental mechano-stimuli induced response of live systems in particular. Conventionally, such information is obtained at macroscopic scale about averaged properties, which misses the important details of deformation at individual structures; or at nanoscale with localized properties accessed, which misses the information of deformation at locations away from the force-loading positions. Here we demonstrate that an integration of nanodiamond orientation sensing and AFM nanoindentation offers a complementary approach to the nonlocal reconstruction of material deformation. This approach features a 5 nm precision in the loading direction and a sub-hundred nanometer lateral resolution. Using this tool, we mapped out the deformation of a PDMS thin film in air and that of the gelatin microgel particles in water, with precision high enough to disclose the significance of the surface/interface effects in the material deformation. The non-local nanometer-precision sensing of deformation upon a local impact brings in new opportunities in studying mechanical response of complex material systems.
50 pages, 21 figures
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