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Stress-induced curvature of focused ion beam fabricated microcantilevers

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Stress-induced curvature of focused ion beam fabricated microcantilevers. / Prewett, P. D.; Anthony, C. J.; Cheneler, D. et al.
In: Micro and Nano Letters, Vol. 3, No. 1, 08.04.2008, p. 25-28.

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Prewett, PD, Anthony, CJ, Cheneler, D & Ward, MCL 2008, 'Stress-induced curvature of focused ion beam fabricated microcantilevers', Micro and Nano Letters, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 25-28. https://doi.org/10.1049/mnl:20070072

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Prewett, P. D., Anthony, C. J., Cheneler, D., & Ward, M. C. L. (2008). Stress-induced curvature of focused ion beam fabricated microcantilevers. Micro and Nano Letters, 3(1), 25-28. https://doi.org/10.1049/mnl:20070072

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Prewett PD, Anthony CJ, Cheneler D, Ward MCL. Stress-induced curvature of focused ion beam fabricated microcantilevers. Micro and Nano Letters. 2008 Apr 8;3(1):25-28. doi: 10.1049/mnl:20070072

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Prewett, P. D. ; Anthony, C. J. ; Cheneler, D. et al. / Stress-induced curvature of focused ion beam fabricated microcantilevers. In: Micro and Nano Letters. 2008 ; Vol. 3, No. 1. pp. 25-28.

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title = "Stress-induced curvature of focused ion beam fabricated microcantilevers",
abstract = "Microcantilevers with very low spring constants, as required to measure the short-range Casimir force, can be fabricated by focused ion beam thinning of conventional atomic force microscope cantilevers, but the resulting beams have a stress-induced curvature. This can be explained by consideration of the implanted gallium ions and associated damage effects in the etched surface. The problem can be overcome by using a complementary etch method in which top and bottom surfaces of the microcantilever are etched by the same amount.",
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RIS

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AB - Microcantilevers with very low spring constants, as required to measure the short-range Casimir force, can be fabricated by focused ion beam thinning of conventional atomic force microscope cantilevers, but the resulting beams have a stress-induced curvature. This can be explained by consideration of the implanted gallium ions and associated damage effects in the etched surface. The problem can be overcome by using a complementary etch method in which top and bottom surfaces of the microcantilever are etched by the same amount.

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