Table 1

Nanoparticle radii results of nanoparticle radii simulated measurements for nanoparticles with nominal radius of 30 nm and different surface coverages.

σ = 0 nm

σ = 10 nm

Pow

Min

Lap

Disk

Pow

Min

Lap

Disk

C1, tip 1

32 ± 2

30 ± 1

30 ± 1

30 ± 1

33 ± 1

30 ± 3

30 ± 1

30 ± 1

C1, tip 2

37 ± 7

34 ± 1

34 ± 1

44 ± 2

44 ± 20

33 ± 5

32 ± 4

41 ± 3

C1, tip 3

N. A.

33 ± 3

33 ± 3

52 ± 5

N. A.

34 ± 6

34 ± 5

55 ± 9

C2, tip 1

32 ± 1

30 ± 1

30 ± 1

29 ± 1

33 ± 2

30 ± 2

30 ± 1

30 ± 1

C2, tip 2

38 ± 5

29 ± 3

25 ± 4

36 ± 3

38 ± 4

30 ± 5

28 ± 4

38 ± 6

C2, tip 3

37 ± 6

28 ± 5

22 ± 6

38 ± 3

38 ± 8

26 ± 6

22 ± 7

38 ± 5

C3, tip 1

30 ± 1

30 ± 1

30 ± 7

30 ± 1

31 ± 2

30 ± 2

28 ± 3

30 ± 1

C3, tip 2

31 ± 3

31 ± 2

24 ± 6

34 ± 4

34 ± 2

28 ± 6

23 ± 7

34 ± 5

C3, tip 3

34 ± 5

29 ± 5

21 ± 7

37 ± 5

33 ± 12

23 ± 8

17 ± 9

33 ± 7

C4, tip 1

31 ± 1

N. A.

25 ± 4

29 ± 1

35 ± 5

29 ± 9

22 ± 8

28 ± 2

C4, tip 2

30 ± 1

N. A.

19 ± 6

31 ± 3

31 ± 4

23 ± 12

18 ± 10

30 ± 8

C4, tip 3

29 ± 1

N. A.

16 ± 5

36 ± 4

31 ± 4

N. A.

N. A.

30 ± 9

(C1: 13%, random, C2: 50%, random; C3: 50%, self-organized; C4: 140% self-organized) and different AFM tips (tip1: ideal, tip2: sharpened, tip3: standard; see text for details).

Power spectrum (pow), minimum basis volume (min), Laplacian basis volume (lap) and xy projection (disk) methods were used. All values are in nanometers. Total number of deposited particles was approximately 50 (C1), 180 (C2, C3) and 400 (C4)

Klapetek et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:514   doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-514