Going further Soft MEKA — the same measurement, without shear Force modulation keeps the tip in contact while it oscillates. On soft, sticky or weakly attached samples that shears the material and mixes topography into the mechanical signal. Soft MEKA does the same job in intermittent contact: one controlled touch per point, a full force curve at every point, and quantitative stiffness, Young’s modulus and adhesion maps — without dragging anything across the surface. Soft MEKA on PDES on silicon — topography, adhesion and stiffness recorded together, 10 × 10 µm.
