Calibration of rectangular atomic force microscope cantilevers
Abstract
A method to determine the spring constant of a rectangular atomic force microscope cantilever is proposed that relies solely on the measurement of the resonant frequency and quality factor of the cantilever in fluid (typically air), and knowledge of its plan view dimensions. This method gives very good accuracy and improves upon the previous formulation by Sader et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66, 3789 (1995)] which, unlike the present method, requires knowledge of both the cantilever density and thickness.
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The force determined by AFM cantilever deflection calibrated using the thermal noise method has an error lower than 5%.
“Similarly, the force F was determined by recording the AFM cantilever deflection during sample deformation and knowing the spring constant of the AFM cantilever, calibrated using the thermal noise method [25]. The error in force measurements using this calibration method has been shown to be lower than 5% [26].”
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- Authors
- Sader, J. E., Chon, J. W. M., & Mulvaney, P.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Venue
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Publisher
- AIP Publishing
- Published
- 1999-10-01
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3967-3969
- ISSN
- 0034-6748 (ISSN-L)
- 1089-7623
- OpenAlex
- W2082877303
- Cited by
- 2,145
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 6.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Review of Scientific Instruments (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation
- Keywords
- rectangular cantilever, atomic force microscopy, resonant frequency, quality factor
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