TL-NCL

Cantilever data:
Property Nominal Value Specified Range
Resonance Frequency [kHz] 190 146 - 236
Force Constant [N/m] 48 21 - 98
Length [µm] 225 215 - 235
Mean Width [µm] 38 30 - 45
Thickness [µm] 7 6 - 8
Order codes and shipping units:
Order Code AFM probes per pack Data sheet
TL-NCL-10 10 of all probes
TL-NCL-20 20 of all probes
TL-NCL-50 50

Tipless - Non-Contact/Tapping Mode - Long Cantilever

NANOSENSORS™ TL-NCL tipless AFM cantilevers are designed for special applications where no AFM tip at the AFM cantilever is needed.

The AFM probe offers unique features:

  • no AFM tip
  • highly doped silicon to dissipate static charge
  • chemically inert
  • high mechanical Q-factor for high sensitivity
  • alignment grooves on backside of silicon holder chip
  • precise alignment of the AFM cantilever position (within +/- 2 µm) in conjunction with the usage of the alignment chip
  • compatible with PointProbe® Plus XY-Alignment Series
This AFM probe features alignment grooves on the back side of the holder chip. These grooves fit to the NANOSENSORS Alignment Chip.

Minnick G, Goldsmith T, Tajvidi Safa B, Ostadi Moghaddam A, Rosenbohm J, Lavrik NV, Gao W, Yang R
Toward Standardized Microscale Tensile Testing for Two‐Photon Polymerization Fabricated Materials in Liquid
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Verdier C, Palade LI
 A rheological model for spheroids including extra-cellular matrix
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ad1d6f


Biapo U, Keller V, Bazin P, Cottineau T
Investigation of interactions between organophosphorus compounds and TiO 2 modified microcantilevers for molecule detection in air
Materials Advances. 2022;3(8):3600-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA01064F


Pham LT, Cramer SM
New Techniques to Measure Physical and Mechanical Properties of Air Bubbles Extracted from Cement Paste
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 2022 Jul 1;34(7):04022139
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Thomas G, Spitzer D
3D core–shell TiO2@ MnO2 nanorod arrays on microcantilevers for enhancing the detection sensitivity of chemical warfare agents
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2021 Sep 21;13(39):47185-97
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c07994


Giannetti A, Revilloud J, Verdier C
Mechanical properties of 3D tumor spheroids measured by AFM
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 2020 Oct 19;23(sup1):S125-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2020.1816297


Thomas G, Gerer G, Schlur L, Schnell F, Cottineau T, Keller V, Spitzer D
Double side nanostructuring of microcantilever sensors with TiO 2-NTs as a route to enhance their sensitivity
Nanoscale. 2020;12(25):13338-45
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR01596B


Biapo U, Ghisolfi A, Gerer G, Spitzer D, Keller V, Cottineau T
Functionalized TiO2 nanorods on a microcantilever for the detection of organophosphorus chemical agents in air
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019 Aug 30;11(38):35122-31
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b11504


Wiesing M, de Los Arcos T, Grundmeier G
UHV AFM based colloidal probe studies of adhesive properties of VAlN hard coatings
Applied Surface Science. 2018 Jan 15;428:767-74
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.09.208


Fang L, Gould OE, Lysyakova L, Jiang Y, Sauter T, Frank O, Becker T, Schossig M, Kratz K, Lendlein A
Implementing and quantifying the shape‐memory effect of single polymeric micro/nanowires with an atomic force microscope
ChemPhysChem. 2018 Aug 17;19(16):2078-84
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Li B, Wang X, Jung HY, Kim YL, Robinson JT, Zalalutdinov M, Hong S, Hao J, Ajayan PM, Wan KT, Jung YJ
Printing highly controlled suspended carbon nanotube network on micro-patterned superhydrophobic flexible surface
Scientific reports. 2015 Oct 29;5(1):15908
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Eichelsdoerfer DJ, Brown KA, Boya R, Shim W, Mirkin CA
Tuning the spring constant of cantilever-free tip arrays.
Nano letters. 2013 Feb 13;13(2):664-7
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