Figure 1 | Scientific Reports

Figure 1

From: Nanoscale cutting using self-excited microcantilever

Figure 1

Schematic diagram of AFM system applied to nanoscale vibration cutting method. The system includes a workpiece, a microcantilever with a diamond set on its tip, a piezo actuator to enable the microcantilever oscillation, an optical lever consisting of a laser and a quadrant photodiode to measure the deflection of the microcantilever tip and a tube scanner to move the workpiece in the x-y plane and vary the distance between the microcantilever and the workpiece in the z-direction.

Back to article page