S. Fujisawa et al., FLUCTUATION IN 2-DIMENSIONAL STICK-SLIP PHENOMENON OBSERVED WITH 2-DIMENSIONAL FRICTIONAL FORCE MICROSCOPE, JPN J A P 1, 33(6B), 1994, pp. 3752-3755
We used an atomic force microscope combined with a lateral force micro
scope (AFM/LFM) as a two-dimensional frictional force microscope (2D-F
FM) to investigate the two-dimensional behavior of the atomic-scale fr
iction between the cleaved surface of MoS2 and the Si3N4 tip apex of t
he microcantilever based on the two-dimensional stick-slip model. As a
result, for the scan direction along the row of the stick-points, we
found the unstable state where the tip apex shows fluctuation between
two adjacent rows of stick-points. On the other hand, near the row of
the stick-points, we also found the stable state where the tip apex ta
kes a straight walk on a row of the stick-points without fluctuation.