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Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2003
Applicants:

Michael A. Guillorn, Knoxville, TN (US);

Bojan Ilic, Ithaca, NY (US);

Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Vladimir I. Merkulov, Knoxville, TN (US);

Douglas H. Lowndes, Knoxville, TN (US);

Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);

Inventors:

Michael A. Guillorn, Knoxville, TN (US);

Bojan Ilic, Ithaca, NY (US);

Anatoli V. Melechko, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Vladimir I. Merkulov, Knoxville, TN (US);

Douglas H. Lowndes, Knoxville, TN (US);

Michael L. Simpson, Knoxville, TN (US);

Assignee:

UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G12B 21/02 (2006.01); G01N 13/16 (2006.01); G01B 5/28 (2006.01); G01B 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are described for cantilever structures that include a vertically aligned nanostructure, especially vertically aligned carbon nanofiber scanning probe microscope tips. An apparatus includes a cantilever structure including a substrate including a cantilever body, that optionally includes a doped layer, and a vertically aligned nanostructure coupled to the cantilever body.


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