摘要:
Provided is a cantilever that is capable of bending and deforming in an active manner by itself. The cantilever includes: a lever portion having a proximal end that is supported by a main body part; and a resistor member that is formed in the cantilever and generates heat when a voltage is applied, to thereby deform the lever portion by thermal expansion due to the heat.
摘要:
A scanning probe microscope having a cantilever holder is provided which gives a cantilever great amplitude by a small-sized vibrator configurable in a limited space and is stably operated even in environments of high viscous drag such as a liquid. A cantilever base part of a cantilever is fixed to a fixing part of a scanning probe microscopy cantilever holder. A vibrator is mounted on the fixing part. When it is defined that the front side is the side close to a probe and the rear side is the side close to a supporting part of the fixing part along in the longitudinal direction of the cantilever, the vibrator displaces the front and rear sides of the fixing part of the cantilever holder to each other in the opposite directions within the plane orthogonal to the sample surface to vibrate the cantilever in a liquid.
摘要:
There is provided an optical displacement detection mechanism in which, even if a measurement object changes, a detection sensitivity and a ratio of a noise are adjustable without depending on optical characteristics such as reflectivity, or a shape and mechanical characteristics of a measurement object, an influence of a thermal deformation of the measurement object by an irradiated light to the measurement object can be made small, and a measurement accuracy can be ensured under optimum conditions. In an optical displacement detection mechanism comprising a light source irradiating a light to a cantilever becoming the measurement object, a light source drive circuit driving the light source, a photodetector receiving the light after irradiated to the cantilever from the light source to thereby detect an intensity of the light, and an amplifier amplifying a detection signal of the photodetector at a predetermined amplification rate, there is made such that, by providing a light intensity regulator and an amplification rate regulator, an irradiated light intensity to the cantilever and an amplification rate of the photodetector can be made variable.
摘要:
The sensor has the self-detecting probe including a body portion, an elongated belt-like flexible substrate, connecting members, a resinous portion, and external contacts formed at the ends of the flexible substrate brought out of liquid. The probe further includes a cantilever whose base end is supported to the body portion, a strain resistive element whose resistance value varies according to the amount of displacement of the cantilever, and interconnects electrically connected with the strain resistive element. A probe tip is formed at the front end of the cantilever. The flexible substrate has an interconnect pattern sandwiched between two insulating sheets. The flexible substrate supports the body portion while the cantilever protrudes outwardly. At least one end of the flexible substrate is brought out of liquid. The connecting members connect the interconnects with the interconnect pattern. The interconnects, connecting members, and the portions of the connecting members electrically connected with the interconnect pattern are coated with the resinous portion.
摘要:
Provided is a cantilever that is capable of bending and deforming in an active manner by itself. The cantilever includes: a lever portion having a proximal end that is supported by a main body part; and a resistor member that is formed in the cantilever and generates heat when a voltage is applied, to thereby deform the lever portion by thermal expansion due to the heat.
摘要:
A scanning probe microscope having a cantilever holder is provided which gives a cantilever great amplitude by a small-sized vibrator configurable in a limited space and is stably operated even in environments of high viscous drag such as a liquid. A cantilever base part of a cantilever is fixed to a fixing part of a scanning probe microscopy cantilever holder. A vibrator is mounted on the fixing part. When it is defined that the front side is the side close to a probe and the rear side is the side close to a supporting part of the fixing part along in the longitudinal direction of the cantilever, the vibrator displaces the front and rear sides of the fixing part of the cantilever holder to each other in the opposite directions within the plane orthogonal to the sample surface to vibrate the cantilever in a liquid.
摘要:
An inching mechanism for a scanning probe microscope capable of performing measurement with high precision while enhancing the scanning speed by a probe furthermore, and a scanning probe microscope comprising it. The inching mechanism for a scanning probe microscope which is provided in a scanning probe microscope (SPM) (1) having a stage (16) for mounting a sample S, and a probe (20) approaching closely to or touching the surface of the sample S, characterized in that the inching mechanism comprises a first drive section and a second drive section provided independently, a probe inching mechanism (26) having the first drive section and inching, by the first drive section, the probe (20) in the X direction and Y direction parallel with the surface of the sample S and intersecting each other, and a stage inching mechanism (27) having the second drive section and inching, by the second drive section, the stage (16) in the Z direction perpendicular to the surface of the sample S.
摘要:
The vibration-type cantilever holder for fastening a cantilever opposed to a sample, supported on a main body part at only its base end and having a probe on its leading end. The holder includes: a cantilever-attaching stand on which the main body part is placed and fastened with the cantilever tilted at a predetermined angle with respect to the sample; a first vibration source fastened to the cantilever-attaching stand and vibrating with a phase and an amplitude depending on a predetermined waveform signal; a holder main body to which the first vibration source is fastened; and a second vibration source fastened to at least one location on the holder main body, and generating vibrations to offset vibrations traveling from the first vibration source to the cantilever-attaching stand and holder main body. The holder allows the cantilever to vibrate according to vibrational characteristics of only the cantilever by counteracting additional vibrations.
摘要:
An inching mechanism for a scanning probe microscope capable of performing measurement with high precision while enhancing the scanning speed by a probe furthermore, and a scanning probe microscope comprising it. The inching mechanism for a scanning probe microscope which is provided in a scanning probe microscope (SPM) (1) having a stage (16) for mounting a sample S, and a probe (20) approaching closely to or touching the surface of the sample S, characterized in that the inching mechanism comprises a first drive section and a second drive section provided independently, a probe inching mechanism (26) having the first drive section and inching, by the first drive section, the probe (20) in the X direction and Y direction parallel with the surface of the sample S and intersecting each other, and a stage inching mechanism (27) having the second drive section and inching, by the second drive section, the stage (16) in the Z direction perpendicular to the surface of the sample S.
摘要:
A vibration-type cantilever holder holds a cantilever opposed to a sample. The holder supports a main body part of the cantilever at only its base end so that a probe at the free end of the cantilever can contact the sample. The holder has a cantilever-attaching stand on which the main body part is placed and fastened such that the cantilever is tilted at a predetermined angle with respect to the sample. A first vibration source is fastened to the cantilever-attaching stand and vibrates with a phase and an amplitude depending on a predetermined waveform signal, and the first vibration source is fastened at a first location to a holder main body. A second vibration source is fastened at a second location, which is spaced from the first location, to the holder main body and generates vibrations to offset vibrations traveling from the first vibration source to the cantilever-attaching stand and holder main body. The holder allows the cantilever to vibrate according to the vibrational characteristics of only the cantilever by counteracting additional vibrations.