TY - JOUR A1 - Marwitz, Christian A1 - Stegemann, B. A1 - Breitkreiz, Maxim A1 - Spaltmann, Dirk A1 - Kloß, Heinz A1 - Woydt, Mathias A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Correlation of adhesion force and electrical conductivity in Magnéli-type vanadium oxides and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite N2 - A correlation of adhesion force and electrical conductivity is established for a vanadium oxide and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). Adhesion forces were determined by analysis of pull-off forces obtained from force–distance curves with atomic force microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum, on clean surfaces and with defined contact conditions. The investigated samples include (i) different stoichiometries of Magnéli-type vanadium oxides (V3O5, V4O7, V6O11, and V7O13), which undergo metal-insulator-transitions as a function of temperature, (ii) the (0001) basal plane and the (10–10) prism plane of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), which differ in their respective perpendicular-plane electrical conductivities by several orders of magnitude, and (iii) the (100) surfaces of pure metal single crystals, i.e., silver (Ag), copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and gold (Au). It is shown, that the vanadium oxides as well as the graphite exhibit significantly lower adhesion forces in their electrical conductive state than in their non-electrical conductive state. The values obtained for the electrical conductive states are quantitatively confirmed by the measurements on the single crystal metals. KW - Adhesion force KW - HOPG KW - Vanadium oxide KW - Magnéli phases KW - Single crystal metals KW - Atomic force microscopy PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2011.04.014 SN - 0039-6028 VL - 605 IS - 13-14 SP - 1271 EP - 1274 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-23953 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Stegemann, Bert A1 - Backhaus, Henrik A1 - Kloß, Heinz A1 - Santner, Erich ED - Méndez-Vilas, A. ED - J. Diaz, T1 - Spherical AFM Probes for Adhesion Force Measurements on Metal Single Crystals KW - Atomic force microscopy KW - Force distance curves KW - Adhesion force KW - Ultrahigh vacuum KW - Silver KW - Copper KW - Antimony PY - 2007 SN - 978-84-611-9420-9 VL - 2 SP - 820 EP - 827 CY - Badajoz, Spain AN - OPUS4-17400 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -