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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
Applicant:
Erik Laegsgaard, Hojbjerg, DK;
Inventor:
Erik Laegsgaard, Hojbjerg, DK;
Assignee:
SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01Q 70/10 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A metal tip () for scanning probe applications is provided. The tip () has an axial extension (I), a radial extension (d), a pointy section (B) that extends axially from a section of maximum radial extension () to an atomically sharp end (), and a blunt section (A) that extends axially from the section of maximum radial extension () to a blunt end (), where the axial extension of the pointy section (B) is larger than the axial extension of the blunt section (A) The metal tip () has a mass of 10 μg or less.