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Description
Cantilever-based measurement techniques have proven to be powerful tools for Nanotechnology. We will discuss two examples from our current R&D. First, we track the mass of a single cell with high precision in physiological conditions, while simultaneously conducting optical microscopy in order to link cell mass dynamics to cell morphology and state. Second, by using a different approach, we characterize the surface of 2D materials with atomic precision at ambient conditions. For 2D sheets of material, their electric-, optical-, mechanic- and structural properties greatly depend on the crystal structure, the cleanliness of the surface, influences of the substrate and the density of defects. We show an atomic-scale characterization of various materials and indications for a structural phase transition in MoS2.
