Vertical inertial sliding drive for coarse and fine approaches in scanning probe microscopy

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Stieg, A Z ^a   Wilkinson, P ^a   Gimzewski, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL SLIDING DRIVES; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; SCANNING COMPONENT; TIP CRASH;

ACTUATORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

PROBES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING PROBE;

EID: 34047093360     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2712808     Document Type: Article

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