Comparison of force sensors for atomic force microscopy based on quartz tuning forks and length-extensional resonators

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-252686
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.25268

Giessibl, Franz J. ; Pielmeier, Florian ; Eguchi, Toyoaki ; An, Toshu ; Hasegawa, Yukio

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Abstract

The force sensor is key to the performance of atomic force microscopy (AFM). Nowadays, most atomic force microscopes use micromachined force sensors made from silicon, but piezoelectric quartz sensors are being applied at an increasing rate, mainly in vacuum. These self-sensing force sensors allow a relatively easy upgrade of a scanning tunneling microscope to a combined scanning tunneling/atomic ...