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Cantilevers for a magnetically driven atomic force microscope

  • US 5,866,805 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1996
  • Issued: 02/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A force sensing cantilever for use in a scanning probe microscope, said cantilever comprising:

  • a cantilever structure having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side including a probe tip disposed downwardly therefrom;

    a film of a first material which is not magnetizable disposed over said bottom side and said probe tip; and

    a film of a second material which is magnetizable disposed over said top side, and wherein said first material is different from said second material, said first and second materials and the thicknesses of the respective films being selected so as to counter the tendency of said cantilever structure to bend when a film is applied only to one side thereof.

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