Sample	Object type	Object characteristics	Appliances
Tobacco mosaic virus	linear, tubular	Ø18×(200÷600) nm	tip characterization
DNA	linear, curved	Ø0.7×(50÷1000) nm	fine tip characterization
Polystyrene-polybutadiene	spherical protrusions	Ø50 nm, Young modulus	cantilever rigidity calibration

Type	Shape	Specs	Your choice
Noncontact	double-beam	short beam, high resonace, high rigidity	fpN11S
		long beam, low resonance, low rigidity
	single-beam	short beam, high resonace, high rigidity	fpN10S
		long beam, low resonance, low rigidity	fpN01S
	single-triangle	short triangle, low resonance, high rigidity	fpN20S
Contact	double-beam	short beam, high resonace, high rigidity	fpC11S
		long beam, low resonance, low rigidity
	single-beam	short beam, high resonace, high rigidity	fpC10S
		long beam, low resonance, low rigidity	fpC01S

Identification

f p N 1 1 S   | | | | | - - Long probe type | - - - Short probe type | |   - - - - Cantilever type

Cantilever type   N Noncontact C Contact

Short probe type   0 No probe 1 Beam 2 Triangle

Long probe type   0 No probe 1 Beam

Noncontact types

Available options

fpN11S

fpN10S

fpN20S

fpN01S

Probe	Beam Length, µm	Beam Width, µm	Beam thickness, µm			Res. Freq, kHz			Force Constant, N/m
			min	typ	max	min	typ	max	min	typ	max
Short beam	100	35	1.7	2.0	2.3	193	254	325	5.6	11.5	22.3
Long beam	130					118	152	190	2.6	5.3	9.8
Short triangle	90	60				28	48	91	260	420	630

Contact types

Available options

fpC11S

fpC10S

fpC01S

Probe	Beam Length, µm	Beam Width, µm	Beam thickness, µm			Res. Freq, kHz			Force Constant, N/m
			min	typ	max	min	typ	max	min	typ	max
Short beam	250	35	0.7	1.0	1.3	14	20	27	0.03	0.1	0.2
Long beam	350					7	10	14	0.01	0.03	0.08