Effect of AFM Cantilever Geometry on the DPL Nanomachining Process

Subject Areas : Mechanical Engineering

A. R. Norouzi ¹ , M. Tahmasebipour ²

1 - Department of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - Faculty of New sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2016-08-18 Accepted : 2016-11-03 Published : 2016-12-24

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