Cantilever for scanning probe microscope and scanning probe microscope equipped with it

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PATENT NO 8601608
APP PUB NO 20100154085A1
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11887348

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A microscope including both an atomic force microscope and a near-field optical microscope and capable of performing electrochemical measurements and a cantilever for the microscope are disclosed. A pointed light transmitting material employed as the probe of an atomic force microscope is coated with a metal layer; the metal layer is further coated with an insulating layer; the insulating layer is removed only at the distal end to expose the metal layer; the slightly exposed metal layer is employed as a working electrode; and the probe can be employed not only as the probe of the atomic force microscope and the near-field optical microscope but also as the electrode of an electrochemical microscope. Consequently, the microscope can have the functions of an atomic force microscope, a near-field optical microscope and an electrochemical microscope.

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SII NANOTECHNOLOGY INCCHIBA COUNTY CHIBA JAPAN CHIBA-SHI CHIBA
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYKAWAGUCHI

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Iyoki, Masato Chiba, JP 18 172
Maruyama, Kenichi Yokohama, JP 37 368
Suzuki, Koji Yokohama, JP 465 6196

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