Note: Determination of torsional spring constant of atomic force microscopy cantilevers: Combining normal spring constant and classical beam theory

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Alvarez Asencio R ^a   Thormann, E ^a,c   Rutland, M W ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM CANTILEVERS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY CANTILEVERS; CLASSICAL BEAM THEORY; HIGH RESONANCE FREQUENCY; SIGNAL/NOISE RATIO; SPRING CONSTANTS; TORSIONAL CONSTANT; TORSIONAL SPRINGS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOCANTILEVERS;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84885112358     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4820345     Document Type: Article

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