Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 1998

Publication Title

Review of Scientific Instruments

First Page

215

Last Page

220

Keywords

atomic, force, microscope

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering | Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

The design of a battery-operated atomic force microscope (AFM) using a piezoresistive cantilever is described. The AFM is designed so that all power to drive the scanning tube and detection electronics comes from a self-contained battery. The prototype AFM uses a 6 V, Ni–Cd, camcorder battery, however, any battery that supplies between 6 and 12 V may be used. Scanner control and data acquisition are implemented using commercially available software running on an external computer. The prototype AFM achieves a scan area of 53 by 53 μm, consumes 1.8 W of power, and can scan continuously for about 7 h on a single battery charge.

Comments

Copyright © 1998 American Institute of Physics. The published version of the article can be found online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148498.

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