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A micromachined cantilever for chemically sensitive scanning force microscope applications

화학적 성분 분석능력을 가진 원자 현미경의 제작

  • Lee, Dong-Weon (Dept. Mechanical Systems Engineering, Chonnam National University)
  • 이동원 (전남대학교 기계시스템공학부)
  • Published : 2005.01.30
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Abstract

This paper describes a novel concept of a chemically sensitive scanning force microscope (CS-SFM). It consists of the conventional SFM and the time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). A switchable cantilever (SC) fabricated by the micromachining technology combines each advantage of two completely different systems, SFM and TOF-MS. The CS-SFM offers to produce both images of topography and chemical information simultaneously. First we employed a rotatable tip holder based on 4 piezotube actuators for demonstration of the possibility of the CS-SFM concept. Second the CS-SFM concept is optimized with the micromachining technology. The micromachined SC with an integrated bimorph actuator and a piezoresistive strain sensor provides a reasonable switching speed of ${\sim}10$ ms which is very attractive for the CS-SFM application. The SC is currently being integrated in an ultra-high-vacuum system to perform various experiments.

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