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. 2013 Nov 29;4:815–833. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.4.93

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Adhesion-induced hysteretic negative unloading force observed on indenting PDMS (4% cross-linked) by AFM with a pyramidal silicon nitride tip of force constant 0.05 N/m. The colored area represents the hysteresis between ingoing- and outgoing traces and defines the energy loss.