Precision Engineering Research Institute;
Harbin Institute of Technology;
Harbin 150001 China School of Mechanical Engineering;
Tsinghua University;
Beijing 100084;
China;
Precision Engineering Research Institute;
Harbin Institute of Technology;
Harbin 150001 China;
Precision Engineering Research Institute;
Harbin Institute of Technology;
Harbin 150001 Chinardinary AFM probes'characters prevent the AFM' s application in various scopes. Carbon nanotubes represent ideal AFM probe materials for their higher aspect ratio;
larger Young's modulus;
unique chemical structure;
and well-defined electronic property. Carbon nanotube AFM probes are obtained by using a new method of attaching carbon nanotubes to the end of ordinary AFM probes;
and are then used for doing AFM experiments. These experiments indicated that carbon nanotube probes have higher elastic deformation;
higher resolution and higher durability. And it was also found that carbon nanotube probes ean accurately reflect the morphology of deep narrow gaps;
while ordinary probes can not reflect.;
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