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Magnetic Force MicroscopyTechniques and Applications
Bruce MoskowitzInstitute for Rock MagnetismDepartment of Geology and GeophysicsUniversity of MinnesotaWorkshop presented at 2008 International Conference on Rock Magnetism and itsEarth Science ApplicationsInstitut d'Études Scientifiques de Cargèse, France June 2-7 2008
The IRM is made possible through the Instrumentation and Facilities program of the
National Science Foundation, Earth Science Division and by funding from the University of Minnesota
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Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM)
Topics Covered
• Brief introduction to SPM• Fundamental principles of MFM• Tips, scanning, and images• Applications
Gary Larson, 1984
domain
Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM)• Noncontact Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)• Close relative of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)• Force sensing probe is magnetic
AFM( left) and MFM (right) image of Glass ceramic Magnetite
Developed in 1987 by Y. Martin and H. K. Wickramsinghe “Magnetic imaging by ‘force microscopy’ with 1000 Å resolution”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 50, 1455, 1987
Bitter Method
Wet Bitter MethodMagnetite (Halgedahl, 1985)
Dried-Bitter MethodTM60 (Moskowitz et al., 1988)
10 μm
Decoration Method: Image of magnetic interactions between small superpara-magnetic particles (ferrofuild) and magnetic stray fields from sample surface
Cullity, 1974
dB/dz
Control The Force
Scanning Force MicroscopyMeasure and manipulate surface and magnetic forces
Cantilever and sharp tipwww.Vecco.com
Can we improve over the Bitter Method?
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Magnetic Force Microscopy
MFM produces a 2-D image of the derivatives of the stray magnetic fields (Magnetic Forces) from a sample with lateral resolutions of ~50-100 nm
Surface Forces
Atomic ScaleIonic, Chemisorption Forces
Nanoscale (< 10 nm)Van der Waals, Coulombic Forces
Long range (>10 nm, <~100’s nm)Magnetostatic & Electrostatic Forces
1 nm
10 nm
100 nm
sample
AFM and MFM
S-S
N+N
Contact Mode (AFM)
Sharp tip interacts with surface forces
Maps surface topography
Noncontact Mode (MFM)
Magnetic tip interacts with sample’s stray magnetic field
Maps magnetic forces
MFM=AFM with magnetized tip
Short range forces (< 10nm)
Long range forces (> 10nm)
SPM Components
SPM consist of 5 key components
•Sharp tip probe•x,y,z scanner•Deflection sensor•Feedback control loop•Probe oscillator (piezoelectric bimorph)
cantilever
Tip probe
sample
x,y,zscanner
vibration isolation
Deflection sensor
Feedback control
loop
Computer and Image
SPM controller electronics
Piezoelectricbimorph
x,y,zscanner
sample
Video monitorcantilever
Digital Instruments Nanoscope IV
Cantilever holder
scanner head
A Real MFM
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Magnetic Force Microscopy
Advantages• High spatial resolution, better than 50 nm• Operates under ambient conditions• Measure bulk samples• In-field Measurements• Low-Temperature Measurements (but not routine)
Disadvantages• Detects stray-fields, connection to M is indirect• Magnetic tip can influence sample
Deflection Sensor
PhotosenstiveDetector
As the cantilever bends, the position of the laser beam on the detector shifts.
Long beam path (cm’s) amplifies deflections. Can detect cantilever deflections < 0.1 nm
Several Different Methods
Most widely used is Beam Deflection Technique
laser diode
mirror
tip and cantilever
PSD
Video image of cantilever and reflection of laser
Scanners
• Piezoelectirc ceramic transducer (PZT)
PZT changes dimensions when an electric field is applied, e.g., Pb(Zr,Ti)O3
• Application of x-y voltage gives raster scan motion in x,y directions
• Vertical motion (z) tracts surface topography
Typical scan range:x,y: 0-100 μmz: 0-5 μm
PZT configured as a tubular scanner to give 3-axis motion(Rebecca Howland and Lisa Benatar, 2000)
zy
xsample surface
Scanner Configurations
• Scanned Tip– Tip is mounted on scanner, sample is
fixed– Allows larger samples to be scanned
Piezoscanner
• Scanned Sample – Tip is fixed, sample mounted on scanner– Reduced positional noise– Limited to small samples: ~5mm x 5mm– MFM at IRM
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Tip is fixed, sample mounted on scannerDigital Instruments (Veeco) Nanoscope IVInstitute for Rock Magnetism, Univ. Of Minnesota
Tip is mounted on scanner, sample is fixedDigital Instruments (Veeco) DimensionMagnetic Microscopy Center, Univ. of Minnesota
Data AcquisitionScanner moves across scan line 1 (trace) and back (retrace).
Steps in perpendicular direction to scan line 2, does trace/retrace, then to the line 3, etc.
Scan procedure is used to minimize hysteresis effects from piezo-scanners
StepsizeFast Scan direction
Slow
sca
n di
rect
ion
1
2
3
4
Step size is determined by the full scan size and the number of data points per line.
Scan sizes run from 10’s nm to over 100 microns with 64 to 512 data points per line.
Acquisition times per image: 2-20 minutes
MFM Tips
h~5-20 μm
l~200-300 μm
•Cantilever and tip usually made from Si or Si3N4
•Tip coated with magnetic thin film (e.g., CoCr)
•Coated tip have end radii ~20-40 nm
•MFM resolution limited by the size of the magnetic volume at tip apex and end radii
SEM images of a commercially purchased AFM tip. The shape of the tip resembles a truncated pyramid (from Foss 1997)
300 nm
10 μm
Typical dimensions
Principles of MFM Operation
Force (F) acting on a flexible cantilever will cause it to be deflected towards or away from the surface of a sample by a distance (ΔZ) according to Hooke’s Law
Where the Fz is the component of the force normal to the cantilever (z-direction) and k is the spring constant of the cantilever. It is assumed that the cantilever is oriented parallel to sample surface.
Typical k values ~ 0.01-0.1 N/m
zF k z= − Δ ΔZ
sampleZ
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Principles of MFM Operation
• For better sensitivity, the cantilever is vibrated near its resonant frequency.
• For small deflections the system can be modeled as a damped driven harmonic oscillator with drive amplitude (Adrive) and damping constant (b).
• Usually called AC or dynamic mode MFM
• In the absence of tip-sample forces the natural resonant frequency (ω0) and Quality factor (Q) of the cantilever are
00
,k kQm b
ωω
= =
Typical values for cantilevers: k ~ 100 kHz and Q=100-1000
R. Prokschwww.AsylumResearch.com
Principles of MFM Operation
This results in a shift in the resonant frequency, ω0 ω0’. For small oscillation amplitudes and F’<<k (valid for MFM conditions)
When the cantilever experiences a force gradient (∂F/∂z=Fz’) produced by tip-sample interactions, the cantilever behaves as if it has a modified spring constant
eff zk k F ′= −
12
0 0
00 0 0 0 0
1 2
,2
z
z
Fk
Fk
ω ω
ωω ω ω ω ω
′⎡ ⎤′ = −⎢ ⎥⎣ ⎦
′ ′Δ = − ≈ − Δ <<
Δω0
Am
plit
ude
Drive Frequency
Drive Frequency
Phas
e (d
eg)
Δω0
Change in the magnetic force on the tip produces changes in resonance frequency, amplitude, and phase of cantilever oscillations. All measurable properties
Typical amplitude variations of 10-30 nm and frequency shifts of 1-100 Hz
No magnetic forcesWith magnetic forces
Frequency Response of Cantilever
Signal DetectionFrequency shifts can be measured three ways
• Phase detection: measures shifts in the phase of cantilever oscillation
• Amplitude detection: measures shifts in the oscillation amplitude of cantilever
• Frequency modulation: measure shifts in resonance frequency of cantilever
Phase detection and Frequency modulation usually produces superior results to Amplitude detection
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Amplitude DetectionSlope detection: Drive the cantilever at a fixed frequency (ωD)
slightly off resonance (ω0) such that ΔA for a shift in resonant frequency (Δω0= ω0- ω’) is maximized.
023 3
A QA Fk
′Δ ≈
Amplitude Detection
Am
plit
ude
Frequency
ΔA
Δω0
No magnetic forcesWith magnetic forces
ω0
ω’ ωD
Phase DetectionSlope detection: Drive the cantilever at its ‘free’ resonant frequency,
produces a shift in phase lag θ.
0
0
0
0
2F
k
Q Fk
ω
ω
θθ ωω
ω θθω
θ
∂Δ = Δ
∂
∂′Δ = −∂
′Δ ≈
Frequency
Phas
e (d
eg)
ω0
Δθ
Δω0Phase Detection
No magnetic forcesWith magnetic forces
Image Contrasts
• Attractive Interactions (∂F/∂z>0) Negative phase shiftDark image contrast
• Repulsive Interactions (∂F/∂z<0)Positive phase shiftBright image contrast
S-S
N+N
∂∂F/F/∂∂z>0z>0∂∂F/F/∂∂z<0z<0
magnetite
Effect of Drive Frequency on Amplitude Response
1 3
2
f=70.51 kHz
1
f=70.71 kHz
2
f=70.91 kHz
3
Bit transitions in Hard Drive Media (25x25μm)
Note Contrast Reversal between 1 and 3
Weak response at resonant frequency (2) compared to slightly off resonance at 1 and 2
Height = 50 nm
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Magnetic Forces
• Force acting on a point dipole moment in a magnetic field
• Force on dipole if moment is fixed and is attached to the end of a cantilever which oscillates along z-axis
• If mtip is uniform and orientated along z, m=(0,0,mz)
( )tip sampleF m B= ∇ •
ytip tip tipx zz x y z
BB BF m m mz z z
∂∂ ∂= + +
∂ ∂ ∂
2
2,tip tipz zz z z z
B BF m F mz z
∂ ∂′= =∂ ∂
“Real” Magnetic TipsSi3N4
Magnetically coated Si3N4 tip
r’
r
r+r’
dV’2
2
( )( )z tiptip
B r rF m r dVz
′∂ +′ ′ ′=∂∫
In general, the force acting on an MFM tip is actually dependent on the geometry of the tip and its micromagnetic structure as well as the magnetic stray field from the sample.
z
( ( ) ( ))tip sampledF m r B r r dV′ ′ ′= ∇ • +
dV’=volume element of magnetically active part of tip
sample
NB: The detailed magnetic configuration of tips is usually is not known
Magnetic Contrast Formation
2
2
( )( )tiptip
Q B r rm r dVk z
θ′∂ +′ ′Δ ≈
∂∫2
02
2 ( )( )3 3 tip
tip
A Q B r rA m r dVzk
′∂ +′ ′Δ ≈∂∫
Phase detection:
Amplitude detection:
Complications:
•Separation of surface forces from magnetic forces•Tip-sample remagnetization effects•Micromagnetic structure of tip
Magnetic Tips: Resolution and Sensitivity
• Sensitivity proportional to momentlarge moment produced by large extended active
tip volume
• Resolution inversely proportional to active tip volume
Thin tip results in low moment
• Cannot maximize resolution and sensitivity simultaneously
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More Tips: Selectable Moment and Coercivity
www.nanosensors.com
Coercivity =30 mTMagnetization= 300 kA/mTip radius < 50 nm
Coercivity =12.5mTMagnetization= 80 kA/mTip radius < 15 nm
High MomentHigh Sensitivity Tip
Low MomentHigh Resolution tip
Scale bar: 350 nm
Scale bar: 350 nm
More Tips: Selectable Moment and Coercivity
If the stray fields from the sample are high, or the tip coercivity is small, the sample can remagnetized the tip
S-S
N+N
0tipc sampleH Bμ >
Bsample
High Tip Coercivity (Hctip) prevents surface-induced
remagnetization of tip magnetization
0tip
sample cB Hμ>
More Tips: Selectable Moment and Coercivity
If the tip magnetization is high, or the sample coercivity is small, the tip can remagnetized the sample
0samplec tipH Bμ >
Btip
Low moment tip (low Btip) can prevents tip-induced remagnetization of surface magnetization
0sample
tip cB Hμ>
dwProbe-Induced Effects
Tip FieldsMagnetic Lines of Force measured using
electron holography for a MFM Tip with tip radius of ~ 30 nm
Magnetized along the axis of tip (z-direction)
Btip near tip surface: 62 mTBtip at distance of 10 nm: 31 mT
Field at distance ~ 2 tip radii away from tip is approximately dipolar
760 nm x 700 nm
D. Streblechenko et al., Quantitative magnetometry using electron holography: Field profiles near magnetic force microscope tips, IEEE. Trans. Mag., 32, 4124-4129, 1996
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Separation of magnetic and topographic interactions
• An image taken with a magnetic tip contains information about both the topography and the magnetic properties of a surface.
• Critical for the interpretation of MFM data is the separation of the response due to magnetic (long-range) interactions from the response due to topographic (short-range) interactions
Solution: “Terrain Correction”
Collect a series of images at two different tip heights
FeedbackConstant force Mode
Deflection of cantilever is used as input to a feedback loop that moves the scanner up/down in z
Feedback loop continually adjusts the z-position at each (x,y) data point to keep cantilever deflection at a selectable (constant) value
With the cantilever deflection held constant, the total force between tip and sample is constant (i.e. constant force)
The image of the surface topography is generated from the motion of the scanner, z(x,y)
sample
x,y,zscanner
Deflection sensor
Feedback loop
SPM controller electronics
www.veeco.com
z
Tapping-Lift ModeSeparating Magnetism from Topography
Measurements are taken during two passes across each scanline
• During first trace/retrace (1-2), TappingMode records z(x,y), surface topography (feedback on)
• During second trace/retrace (4-5), z(x,y) recorded in first pass is repeated with an added offset (3, lift height) so that a constant tip-sample separation is maintained (feedback off). Lift heights ~10-100 nm
• During LiftMode, the spatial variation of the cantilever deflection [ΔA(x,y) or Δθ(x,y,)] is used directly to generate an image of magnetic interactions, while minimizing topographical forces
Digital instruments support notes, No. 229, Rev.B.
Force Calibration Plot
Tip-sample separation
Osc
illat
ion
Am
plit
ude
At “contact point” there is an abrupt change in slope. At this point the cantilever has began to “feel” the surface forces
1. In tapping mode, feedback is set to maintain amplitude just below “knee” of curve
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2. In lift mode, the z-piezo is offset so cantilever is operating just above the knee
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Tapping-Lift ModeSeparating Magnetism from TopographyFirst PassTapping ModeTopography
Second PassLift ModeMagnetic interactions
Hard drive media at 50 nm lift height. The topographic image should be very different from the magnetic image if separation of surface from magnetic forces was successful.
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Sample PreparationNatural (i.e., rocks) samples for magnetic analysis are usually
prepared as follows:
– Step 1: Polish the surface with diamond pastes starting with coarse grit and working down to finer grits (e.g., 30μ, 15μ, 3μ, 0.25μ grit)
– Step 2: Final polish with colloidal silica to remove residual surface stresses produced by mechanical polishing in step 1
Step 2 is almost always necessary because surface stresses produced during step 1 can give rise to near-surface maze-like magnetic domains that can obscure intrinsic (‘undisturbed’) micromagneticstructures. Important in high-magnetostrictive materials like titanomagnetite.
Some Examples of MFMStudies in Rock magnetism
• Micromagnetic structures in PSD and single crystal magnetite (Bloch walls, Néel caps, Bloch lines)
• Micromagnetic structures in magnetite inclusions in silicates
• Micromagnetic structures in natural titanomagnetites• Micromagnetic structures in magnetite below Verwey
transition (T<120 K)• Imaging magnetic particles in bacteria and other
organisms
Simple Symmetry ConsiderationsField gradient profiles over Bloch (vertical dipole) and Néel (horizontal dipole) Walls
Vertically Magnetized Tip Horizontally Magnetized Tip
symmetric antisymmetric symmetricantisymmetric
Complication
Slight tilt (α) of cantilever relative to sample plane can produce nonzero parallel component of Mtip(x,y) and a ∂2Bx/∂z2 or ∂2By/∂z2 term in the force gradient
MzMy
Mx
α
α < 10°
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Domain Walls and Scratches
+ ++ M
WB
WB
d2B/dz2
Antisymmetric contrast for scratch
Approx. Symmetric Contrast for Bloch wall
topography
--
-
DW
scratch
Simple model for scratchHorizontal dipole
Qualitative Interpretation of MFM Images
MFM image of magnetite grain with direction of magnetization nearly parallel to surface of grain as indicated by similar contrast between domains.
High contrast (alternating polarity) domain wallsSubdivided walls with Bloch lines
13x13 μm
Pokhil and Moskowitz, 1997
Qualitative Interpretation of MFM Images
15x15 μm
2 μm
MFM image of magnetite grain with directions of magnetization oblique to surface of grain as indicated by different contrasts between domains.
Pokhil and Moskowitz, 1997
Qualitative Interpretation of MFM Images
Fienberg et al., Geology, 2005
Exsolved magnetite Inclusions in Silicates
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Internal Domain Wall FeaturesHow Symmetric is Response over Bloch Wall in Magnetite?
• MFM image of a subdivided 180° domain wall in (110) single crystal magnetite. One Bloch line can be seen in this portion of the wall.
• MFM response profiles of two opposite polarity segments. The attractive (black) profile has been inverted and offset in order to compare the symmetries of the profiles.
• The asymmetrical-shaped wall profile is consistent with a Néel cap structure at the surface termination of the interior Bloch wall [after Foss et al., 1998]
BL
Néel cap
Bloch Wall
In-Field Imaging
The switching behavior of a magnetite particle imaged during the descending and ascending branches of a hysteresis cycle between ±500 Oe along the in-plane [110] direction (vertical).
The sequence of images begins with remanent state (a) after application and removal of +500 Oe field.
10x10-μm particle patterned from250 nm thick magnetite film grown on (110) Mg0 (Pan et al., 2002)
H0
Imaging of SD particles in Applied Fields
+1.4 mT +150 mT -150 mT +130 mT
Magnetite particles from Rainbow TroutH0 applied in plane of sampleHigh coercivity tip (500 mT)MFM Images: 75nm x75 nm
Diebel et al., 2000
Moment Flipping: Note that the reversal of the field and dipolar response in (c) are consistent with the particle magnetization flipping
Nearly dipolar responses (b-d) of particle in H0, consistent with SD particle magnetized along the direction of H0
Probe-induced effects
Dark patch in (a) indicates an attractive reaction between tip and sample, consistent with H0from tip magnetizing the particle and causing an attractive interaction.
Probe Induced EffectsEffect of tip field on domain wall (dw)
structure
• MFM profiles (a) and (b) measured above the same 180° dw in magnetite at a lift height of 30 nm.
• Profile (a) measured with Mtip antiparallel(repulsive case) to the dw magnetization. Profile (b) measured with Mtip parallel (attractive case)to the dw.
• In (c) profile (a) was inverted and superimposed on profile (b) The difference between them has been shaded.
• Profile (d) is the difference profile, b-(-a) which shows the additional, attractive MFM response due to the effect of the tip field on the dw structure.
(110) magnetite
Foss et al., 1996
(b)-(-a)
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Probe Induced Effects
(b) Results of 2D micromagnetic simulation of a 180° dw in Fe3O4 showing a Néel cap near surface (Xu and Dunlop, 1996).
(c) A cartoon of the 180° dw structure in (b)
(d) Repulsive MFM measurement of dwstructure in which the tip is magnetized antiparallel to the bulk dipole moment. In this case, the tip field enhances the Néel cap.
(e) Attractive dw measurement for which the tip is magnetized parallel to the bulk dipole moment. The tip field reduces the Néel cap in this case.
Foss et al., 1996
Imaging ArtifactDouble Images
Double or multiple images can be produced if the tip is damaged resulting in multiple end points in contact with the sample
Double image of a magnetite inclusion imaged with a damaged tip
Same inclusion imaged with a new tip
Images from J. Feinberg
Imaging ArtifactSurface Contamination
Surface debris can produce image streaking
Magnetite inclusionImage from J. Feinberg
Imaging ArtifactOptical Interference
Interference between incident and reflected light from sample surface during amplitude scanning. Can be reduced/eliminated by moving laser alignment further down the cantilever away from tip.
Same area as above but with phase detection mode. Optical inference is typically not a problem with phase detection
Bit transitions in Hard Drive Media (25x25μm)
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Image Artifacts
If an image contains suspicious looking features, which could be imaging artifacts, the following are possible solutions
• Redo the scan to ensure that the image is repeatable.• Rotate the sample and/or scan in a different
direction.• Change the scan size and take an image to ensure that
the features scale properly.• Change the scan speed and take another image
(especially if you see suspicious periodic or quasi-periodic features).
Gallery of MFM images from natural and synthetic magnetites
Starting clockwise from top left: (1) glass ceramic magnetite (Pokhil and Moskowitz, 1997); (2) magnetite inclusion in clinopyroxene (Feinberg et al., 2005); (3) freeze-dried cell of magneto-tactic bacterial stain MV1 containing a chain of magnetosomes(Proksch et al., 1995); (4) vortex-like feature, possibly associated with a dislocation, in hydrothermal magnetite (Muxworthy and Williams, 2006); (5) natural titanomagnetite (Prévot et al., 2001); (6) magnetite inclusions in pyroxene (Frandsen et al., 2004); (7) natural oxidized titanomagnetite (Krása et al., 2005); (8) single crystal (100) TM60; (9) magnetite inclusion in clinopyroxene (from J. Feinberg); (10) single crystal (110) magnetite (Foss et al., 1998); (11) eptixial (110) magnetite grown on (110) MgO (Pan et al., 2001); (12) single crystal (110) magnetite at T≈ 100 K (Moloni et al., 1996); (13) ~40 nm sized magnetite particle from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in an applied field of 130 mT (Diebel et al., 2000); (14) single crystal (110) magnetite, surface slightly misaligned from (110) plane (from D. Dahlberg); (14) inclusion in clinopyroxene containing magnetite-ulvospinel exsolution texture (Feinberg et al., 2005)
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