{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Saada K"],"funding":["Agence Nationale de la Recherche","ANR","French Région Occitanie","FEDER European Regional Funds"],"pagination":["e01772"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12929932"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilevers are essential components that function both as force sensors and nanoscale interaction tools that play a critical role in AFM capabilities, sensitivity, and precision. Conventional fabrication techniques for probes, that rely on silicon or silicon nitride bulk micro-machining, generally requires complex fabrication processes associated to low throughput and limited geometric flexibility. Here the development of innovative AFM cantilevers made of silica glass through a novel approach based on selective laser etching is explored, which offers cantilever and tip design flexibility, condense the process into three steps, and reduces the fabrication time and cost while minimizing reliance on complex equipment and clean room facilities. The fabrication a"],"journal":["Small methods"],"pubmed_title":["3D Customized Silica-Based AFM Probes Fabricated by Selective Laser Etching."],"pmcid":["PMC12929932"],"funding_grant_id":["21‐ESRE0012","16007407/MP0011594","21-ESRE0012"],"pubmed_authors":["Dague E","Lignieres J","Bourrier D","Malaquin L","Saada K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"3D Customized Silica-Based AFM Probes Fabricated by Selective Laser Etching.","description":"Atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilevers are essential components that function both as force sensors and nanoscale interaction tools that play a critical role in AFM capabilities, sensitivity, and precision. Conventional fabrication techniques for probes, that rely on silicon or silicon nitride bulk micro-machining, generally requires complex fabrication processes associated to low throughput and limited geometric flexibility. Here the development of innovative AFM cantilevers made of silica glass through a novel approach based on selective laser etching is explored, which offers cantilever and tip design flexibility, condense the process into three steps, and reduces the fabrication time and cost while minimizing reliance on complex equipment and clean room facilities. The fabrication a","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-07-09T12:26:28.257Z","creation":"2026-07-09T11:17:54.227Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12929932","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41555722"],"doi":["10.1002/smtd.202501772"]}}