Numerical Study of Hydrodynamic Forces for AFM Operations in Liquid

Figure 4

(a) Triangularly shaped cantilever with a length of 200 μm and 100 μm; (b) 200 μm and 100 μm long rectangularly shaped cantilever; (c) cantilever thickness and AFM tip geometry identical for all geometries; (d) main components considered for the cantilever model consisting of the support chip which carries the Si₃N₄ cantilever (here triangular).

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