Ta Instruments, Inc.

Hubert Murray Montague-Pollock

Michael Reading

Azzedine Hammiche

A system and method for performing localized mechanothermal analysis with scanning probe microscopy (&ldquo;MASM&rdquo;) is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment an image of the surface or subsurface of a sample is created. A localized region of the sample is selected from the image. Using a scanning microscope, an active or passive thermal probe is positioned at the selected region. A temperature ramp is applied to the localized region. In addition, a dynamic or modulated stress or strain is applied to the localized region. Force data resulting from the applied temperature and stress or strain is collected and processed to produce a graph or fingerprint of the dynamic mechanical and/or calorimetric properties of the selected localized region.

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Carnforth, United Kingdom

Hubert Murray Montague-Pollock