... in on the cantilever. Such a fully instrumented cantilever allows a much more direct measurement and actuation of the cantilever motion and interaction with the sample. This technology is expected to not only allow for high speed imaging but also the miniaturization of AFMs. Based on the complexity of these integrated...

... the displacement of a microscale probe, so one must determine the stiffness of the probe to find the force exerted on a sample. Numerous methods have been proposed for determining the spring constant of AFM cantilever probes, yet most neglect the mass of the probe tip. This work explores the effect of the tip mass...

... lead to high power requirements and place a heavy burden on designers attempting to allocate volume within the projectile for internal mass actuators and power supplies. The work reported here outlines a conceptual design for an internal translating mass system using a cantilever beam...

...J. C. Collinger; J. A. Wickert; L. R. Corr An autonomous vibration controller that adapts to variations in a system’s mass, stiffness, and excitation, and that maximizes dissipation through synchronized switching is described. In the model and laboratory measurements, a cantilever beam is driven...

...Smitha Mani; Sahjendra N. Singh; Surya Kiran Parimi; Woosoon Yim This brief paper treats the question of adaptive control of a projectile fin using a piezoelectric actuator. The hollow projectile fin is rigid, within which a flexible cantilever beam with a piezoelectric active layer is mounted...

...-in amplifier signals. We present heterodyne control with design criteria in the context of magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) cantilever control. Finally, we present experimental results of heterodyne control applied to an emulated radio-frequency microcantilever system. Sidles , J...

... such that it will remove vibration energy from the structure. For this study, we consider transverse vibration of a cantilever beam with a buckling-type end load that can be switched between two values, both of which are below the buckling load. The stability of the control system is proven using Lyapunov stability theory...