Patent ID: 7761255

Claim:
A device comprising: performing a fast dynamical mechanical response of soft materials further comprising: an atomic force microscope scanner having a cantilever and a probe; a computer programmed to provide said AC signals and said DC offset voltage; said AC signals coupled to a first input of said summing device; said DC offset voltage coupled to a second input of said summing device; said summing device provides said AC signals and said DC offset voltage to said atomic force microscope access box and a first input of a computer via data acquisition card; said access box provides said summed signal to an input of said atomic force microscope scanner; said access box receives an output signal from said atomic force microscope scanner; said output signal coupled to a second input of said computer from said atomic force microscope access box via said data acquisition card; said computer programmed to conduct an analysis of data from said summation device and said atomic force microscope scanner, wherein said program conducts a Fast Fourier Transform analysis of said data.