In this paper, the resonant frequency and sensitivity of atomic force microscope (AFM)
microcantilevers are studied using the modified couple stress theory. The classical …

Materials with an artificial nanostructure such as nanocrystalline metals and ceramics or
matrix embedded nanowires or nanoparticles are advancing into application. Polymer …

This article describes microprobes for noncontact scanning force microscopy that make use
of a direct-oscillating thermally driven bimorph actuator with integrated piezoresistive …

A resonant contact atomic force microscopy technique is used to quantitatively measure the
elastic modulus of polymer nanotubes. An oscillating electric field is applied between the …

Imaging of subsurface features down to the nanometer scale is of great importance in
various fields such as microelectronics, materials science, nanobiology, and nanomedicine …

Contact resonance force microscopy (CR-FM) methods such as atomic force acoustic
microscopy show great promise as tools for nanoscale materials research. However …

This paper describes PERTS, a prototyping environment for real-time systems. PERTS
provides a comprehensive set of design, validation, and simulation tools that are built on …

In this paper, the resonance frequencies and modal sensitivity of flexural vibration modes of
a rectangular atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever immersed in a liquid to surface …

This paper is concerned with the flexural vibration of an atomic force microscope (AFM)
cantilever. The cantilever problem is formulated on the basis of the modified couple stress …

The resonant frequency and sensitivity of flexural vibration for an atomic force microscope
(AFM) cantilever have been analyzed. A closed-form expression for the sensitivity of …