Nanomechanical characterization of K-basalt from Roman comagmatic province: A preliminary study
Based on atomic force microscopy (AFM), contact resonance AFM (CR-AFM) is a nondestructive technique that allows
one to perform single point measurements as well as surface mapping of the indentation modulus of a material. In this work we
exploit the possibility to use CR-AFM to study synthetic materials representative of K-basalt from Roman comagmatic Province.
Having observed the presence of subsurface voids and inclusions at micrometer and sub-micrometer scale, a preliminary study has