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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 85, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4901227
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- Australian Research Council
- RMIT University
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A simplified method for calibrating atomic force microscope cantilevers was recently proposed by Sader et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 103705 (2012); Sec. III D] that relies solely on the resonant frequency and quality factor of the cantilever in fluid (typically air). This method eliminates the need to measure the hydrodynamic function of the cantilever, which can be time consuming given the wide range of cantilevers now available. Using laser Doppler vibrometry, we rigorously assess the accuracy of this method for a series of commercially available cantilevers and explore its performance under non-ideal conditions. This shows that the simplified method is highly accurate and can be easily implemented to perform fast, robust, and non-invasive spring constant calibration. (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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