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determined as piezo speed which is equal to the displacement divided by the time. See
-c where
piezo speed is defined by the user and indentation-speed is a free variable.
Load control
–
P-mode
The P-mode of operation allows you to set a specific load and speed at which it is reached and also the
load can be kept constant over a certain time interval for a creep experiment. The P-mode of operation
is therefore in a closed-loop with the sample. In order to set a load profile, simply click
“
Load control
”
in
the ‘Mode Selection’ part of the indentation configuration window and define the profile accordingly. The
three segments are suggested. Note that the units change to µN.
Before the closed-loop starts, the piezo moves the probe down at th
e “Approach speed (
µ
m/s)” until the
“Contact threshold” value is reached which initiates the closed
-loop. The contact threshold value can be
assessed experimentally by running an experiment with the lowest value 0.0005 and checking whether a
loop was triggered on the noise and thus no indentation was performed or whether the set profile was
induced on the sample. Keep increasing the contact threshold value until the measurements are
successful. Decreasing approach speed results in lower noise levels and thus lower contact threshold
values can be used. Use the load values that were obtained from the Displacement control measurements
to assess the loads that can be reached with a specific probe.
Caution:
Do not set the load in P-mode without first checking whether the probe can
induce it with displacement control measurements.
If in doubt regarding the closed-loop operation, consult with [email protected].
Indentation-depth control
–
I-mode
Operating in I-mode gives you the possibility to set an exact indentation depth and indentation-speed
and also, indentation-depth can be kept constant over time for a stress-relaxation experiment (see
-c). Before setting the indentation profile, simply click
‘Indentation control’ in the ‘Mode Selection’
part of the indentation configuration window and define the profile accordingly. Note that the units
change to nm.
28-d shows an example of how indentation speed is set by the user to be 5 µm/s while approach
speed is set to 6 µm/s. The piezo speed during close-loop operation will be determined by the system in
order to achieve 5 µm/s indentation-speed.
Caution:
Biological materials are usually viscoelastic meaning that mechanical
properties depend on the indentation-speed. Biological materials are also nonlinear
meaning that mechanical properties depend on indentation-depth, thus,
measurements should be performed at the same indentation-speed and analyzed by
fitting to the same indentation-depth.
Peak load poking
–
PLP mode
The Poking-mode of operation allows you to set a maximum load and piezo-speed at which it is reached
in an open-loop operation meaning that indentation-speed, load-speed or indentation-depth are not
controlled. This mode can be described as a mode between the Displacement control (D-mode) and Load
control (P-mode) modes. In fact, the main difference between Peak Load Poking mode (PLP) and Load
control (P-mode) is the open-loop operation. Hence, this mode can be used when a large number of
experiments need to be performed in a short amount of time and when Hertz model is sufficient for
extracting Young’s modulus. “Max load (
µN)
” shows the maximum load that need
s to be reached with
poking the sample and “Piezo speed (
µm/s)
” defines how fast the piezo moves do
wn to reach the sample
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