Measurement of forces and spring constants of microinstruments

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1410-1422

  Saif, M T A ^a,b   MacDonald, N C ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0000160233     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1148809     Document Type: Article

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