Microfabricated cone-shaped quartz tip
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) - Picture of a microfabricated cone-shaped quartz tip used in scanning nearfield optics microscope (SNOM)

Chemical and biological sensor based on an array of cantilevers

Cantilever at the ultimate limits

Microfabricated cantilever
Scanning electron microscopy image of a microfabricated cantilever optical near-field probe with a cone-shaped quartz tip. Inset: TEM image of an Al-coated quartz tip prior to SNOM measurements

Cantilever

Cantilever array
See also: nanonews January 2006