Patent ID: 9442132
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B82Y,G01Q

Claim Text:
1. An atomic force microscopy (AFM) with a drying function, the AFM comprising: an AFM scan head device for scanning a specimen; a platen; an elastomer, which has elasticity and is disposed between the AFM scan head device and the platen to form a chamber; a sample supporting substrate, which is disposed in the chamber, and for supporting the specimen placed on the sample supporting substrate; a gas inlet pipeline, which extends from an outside of the chamber to an inside of the chamber and has an inlet port communicating with the chamber to introduce a drying gas into the chamber; and a gas outlet pipeline, which extends from the inside of the chamber to the outside of the chamber and has a gas outlet communicating with the chamber to exhaust the drying gas out of the chamber; wherein a height of a surface of the sample supporting substrate is higher than positions of the inlet port and the gas outlet.