Abstract

ABSTRACTWe develop an algorithm to measure elastic properties of microcapsules with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The AFM is used as an indenter and presses down on a spherical microcapsule. We study the system from an atomic point of view (considering interactions between the atoms in the system via Equivalent Crystal Theory) and calculate the force produced by the system to balance the external AFM force. We plot this force as a function of the indentation depth, and from that curve we extract the interatomic parameters of ECT that are related with elastic constants. Our calculations model measurements of force-strain curves including non-linear effects. This is relevant as classical elasticity theory breaks down in the AFM indentation regime, when atomic interactions must be considered explicitly.

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