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- Title
Microstructured Cantilever Probe on Optical Fiber Tip for Microforce Sensor.
- Authors
Wang, Famei; Liao, Changrui; Zou, Mengqiang; Liu, Dejun; Huang, Haoqiang; Liu, Chao; Wang, Yiping
- Abstract
Benefiting from the great advances of the femtosecond laser two-photon polymerization (TPP) technology, customized microcantilever probes can be accurately 3-dimensional (3D) manufactured at the nanoscale size and thus have exhibited considerable potentials in the fields of microforce, micro-vibration, and microforce sensors. In this work, a controllable microstructured cantilever probe on an optical fiber tip for microforce detection is demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally. The static performances of the probe are firstly investigated based on the finite element method (FEM), which provides the basis for the structural design. The proposed cantilever probe is then 3D printed by means of the TPP technology. The experimental results show that the elastic constant k of the proposed cantilever probe can be actively tuned from 2.46 N/m to 62.35 N/m. The force sensitivity is 2.5 nm/µN, the Q-factor is 368.93, and the detection limit is 57.43 nN. Moreover, the mechanical properties of the cantilever probe can be flexibly adjusted by the geometric configuration of the cantilever. Thus, it has an enormous potential for matching the mechanical properties of biological samples in the direct contact mode.
- Subjects
FEMTOSECOND lasers; OPTICAL fibers; CANTILEVERS; STRUCTURAL design; ELASTIC constants; FINITE element method
- Publication
Photonic Sensors, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1674-9251
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13320-024-0704-6