Physical property measurement method, physical property measurement device, and probe
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsTadashi KAJIYA, Daisuke Sawai, Koji Miyata, Hiroyuki Noda
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Abstract
Provided are a physical property measurement method, a physical property measurement device, and a probe that can simply measure physical properties of a surface layer portion of an object. A physical property measurement method includes a step of bringing a probe into contact with a surface layer portion of a liquid or gel-like object and maintaining a contact state, a step of measuring a height of the object rising along the probe in contact with the object, and a step of calculating viscous properties or elastic properties of the surface layer portion of the object using the measured height of the object rising along the probe.
Claims12
A physical property measurement method comprising:
- a step of bringing a probe into contact with a surface layer portion of a liquid or gel-like object and maintaining a contact state;
- a step of measuring a height of the object rising along the probe in contact with the object;
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- a step of calculating viscous properties or elastic properties of the surface layer portion of the object using the measured height of the object rising along the probe.
A physical property measurement device that measures viscous properties or elastic properties of a surface layer portion of a liquid or gel-like object, the physical property measurement device comprising:
- a stage on which the object is placed;
- a probe that comes into contact with the surface layer portion of the object;
- a driving unit that brings the probe into contact with the surface layer portion of the object and maintains a contact state, or separates the probe from the surface layer portion;
- a measurement unit that measures a height of the object rising along the probe in contact with the object;
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- a calculation unit that calculates the viscous properties or elastic properties of the surface layer portion of the object using the height of the object rising along the probe measured by the measurement unit,
- wherein a tip portion of the probe has a part whose diameter is equal to or less than 33 μm.
A probe that is used to measure viscous properties or elastic properties of a surface layer portion of a liquid or gel-like object, the probe comprising:
- a tip portion that has a part whose diameter is equal to or less than 33 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.