Self-oscillating mode for frequency modulation noncontact atomic force microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2529-2531

  Giessibl, Franz J ^a   Tortonese, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b Park Scientific Instruments   (United States)

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EID: 0001531020     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118910     Document Type: Article

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