Numerical Study of Hydrodynamic Forces for AFM Operations in Liquid

Figure 8

Simulation result ( = 100 nm, = 1 kHz) around the cantilever area showing in (a) the flow velocity around the cantilever by streamlines as well as the deflection of the cantilever and in (b) also the deflection of the cantilever as well as the pressure acting on the cantilever because of the fluid flow highlighted by red arrows.

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