เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	Nanoindentation	Atomic Force Microscopy
สาขาวิชา	วัสดุศาสตร์	วัสดุศาสตร์
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1992	1986
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Warren Oliver	Gerd Binnig
ประเภท	Measurement method	Imaging technique
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Oliver, W. C., & Pharr, G. M. (1992). An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments. Journal of Materials Research, 7(6), 1564-1583.	Binnig, G., Quate, C. F., & Gerber, C. (1986). Atomic force microscope. Physical Review Letters, 56(9), 930-933.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	nanoindentation, instrumented indentation, depth-sensing indentation	AFM, scanning probe microscopy, nanoindentation microscopy
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	3
สรุป	Nanoindentation, or instrumented indentation, is a technique for measuring the hardness and elastic modulus of materials by pressing a hard probe into a sample surface and continuously recording load and penetration depth. Developed by Oliver and Pharr in 1992, nanoindentation enables measurement of mechanical properties of thin films, small volumes, and nanoscale structures with spatial resolution approaching micrometers. It is the standard tool in materials science for characterizing coatings, interfaces, and mechanical properties at the submicron scale.	Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a scanning probe technique that measures nanoscale surface topography and mechanical properties by monitoring interactions between a sharp cantilever tip and a sample surface. Invented by Gerd Binnig in 1986 as an extension of scanning tunneling microscopy, AFM requires neither electrical conductivity nor vacuum operation, making it applicable to virtually any material. It provides three-dimensional topographic maps with sub-nanometer vertical resolution and lateral resolution approaching nanometers, along with simultaneous measurements of mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties.