Stability analysis of carbon nanotube probes for an atomic force microscope via a continuum model

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1196-1203

  Wang, Q ^a   Varadan, V K ^b  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BENCHMARKING; BUCKLING; CANTILEVER BEAMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBES; STABILITY;

COMPRESSIVE LOAD; ELASTIC BEAM MODEL; GLOBAL BUCKLING; SINGLE-WALLED NANOTUBES (SWNT);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 28344456866     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/6/012     Document Type: Article

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