Single-wall carbon nanotubes commercially available

As tip-sample convolution occurs due to the finite size of the probe, it is obvious that the effect would be reduced by further miniaturizing the probe s dimensions. With some success, recent attempts to achieve this goal have utilized single-walled carbon nanotubes attached to the apexes of regular AFM probes. Commercially available sharpened silicon oxide probes can also help improve the attainable level of resolution. 

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