AC modes typically rely on piezoacoustic drive, which in liquid produces an obviously distorted and time-varying response. In air, the high Q of the lever can mask the problem, but it still interferes with quantitative analysis.
blueDrive enables simpler, more stable, and more quantitative results whether using tapping mode for high resolution topographical imaging or techniques like AM-FM or Contact Resonance Viscoelastic Mapping Modes to measure nanomechanical properties.