Abstract This article presents the application and evaluation of a cantilever with integrated sensing actuation as part an atomic force microscope (AFM) adjustable probe direction, which is into nano measuring machine (NMM-1). The AFM, operated in closed-loop intermittent contact mode, based on two rotational axes that enable adjustment direction to cover complete hemisphere. greatly enlarge me...

This paper aims to explore the working mechanism of sandwich-like meta-plates by periodically attaching nonlinear mass-beam-spring resonators for low-frequency wave attenuation. The MBS resonator consists a mass, cantilever beam, and spring provide negative stiffness in transverse vibration resonator; this is tunable changing parameters spring. Considering resonator, energy method applied obtai...

Cantilevers fabricated by means of micromachining techniques are usually used for atomic force microscopy. In this paper, the spring constant of an atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever is determined by using a large-scale cantilever. Since the spring constant of the large-scale cantilever is calibrated accurately, the spring constant of the AFM cantilever is determined precisely by measurin...

Drug delivered can have significant effect on its efficacy. Some drugs have an optimum concentration range with in which maximum benefit is derived and concentrations above (or) below the range can be toxic or produce no therapeutic effect. Various drug delivery and drug targeting systems are currently under development. The main goal for developing such delivery systems is to minimize drug deg...

The resonant frequency and sensitivity of an atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilever with assembled cantilever probe (ACP) have been analyzed and a closed-form expression for the sensitivity of vibration modes has been obtained. The proposed ACP comprises an inclined cantilever and extension, and a tip located at the free end of the extension, which makes the AFM capable of topography at sidew...

As optical counterpart of microwave antennas, optical nano-antennas are important devices for converting propagating radiation into confined/enhanced fields at nanoscale. The recent advances in resonant sub-wavelength optical antennas have now offered researchers a continuum of electromagnetic spectrum—from radio frequencies all the way up to X-rays—to design, analyze and predict new phenomena ...

Although dental implants have been successfully used for the rehabilitation of fully edentulous and partially edentulous patients, patient’s various conditions constrict the application of implant, or make dental treatment using dental implants very complex and difficult. Implantsupported cantilever prostheses represent that conditions. Becker and Kaiser insisted that alignment problems, extens...

Whispering-Gallery-Mode (WGM) resonators are emerging as an excellent platform to study optical phenomena resulting from enhanced light-matter interactions due to their superior capability to confined photons. The monolithic fabrication process to achieve ultra-high-Q WGM resonators without the need to align multiple optical components as requested in traditional design of resonators based on p...

This paper presents a case study of geotechnical design of bridge foundations and approaches in hilly granite formation in northern New South Wales of Australia. Firstly, the geological formation and existing cut slope conditions which have high risks of rock fall will be described. The bridge has three spans to be constructed using balanced cantilever method with a middle span of 150 m. After ...

The peculiar nature of topological surface states, such as absence of backscattering, weak anti-localization, and quantum anomalous Hall effect, has been demonstrated mainly in bulk and film of topological insulator (TI), using surface sensitive probes and bulk transport probes. However, it is equally important and experimentally challenging to confine massless Dirac fermions with nano-steps on...