title: Proximal electromagnetic shear forces.
abstract: We perform a simple model calculation to estimate the electromagnetically induced shear force caused by a current dissipation when a charged tip is moved parallel to a conducting material. For parameters typical in shear force imaging, the force is many orders of magnitude below reported values. Thus, proximal electromagnetic tip-sample forces can be neglected in discussions of shear force imaging.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202, U.S.A.
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ayars
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aspnes
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moyer
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Paesler