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Therefore, this paper focuses on the study of the wear state of monocrystalline silicon probes during nanomachination, in order to achieve rapid detection and accurate control of the probe wear state. In this paper, the wear tip radius, the wear volume, and the probe wear rate are used as the evaluation indexes of the probe wear state. The tip radius of the worn probe is detected by the nanoindentation Hertz model characterization method. The influence of single machining parameters, such as scratching distance, normal load, scratching speed, and initial tip radius, on probe wear is explored using the single factor experiment method, and the probe wear process is clearly divided according to the probe wear degree and the machining quality of the groove. Through response surface analysis, the comprehensive effect of various machining parameters on probe wear is determined, and the theoretical models of the probe wear state are established.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23084084","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,19]],"date-time":"2023-04-19T01:39:05Z","timestamp":1681868345000},"page":"4084","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Experimental Investigation of Tip Wear of AFM Monocrystalline Silicon Probes"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Song","family":"Huang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China"}]},{"given":"Yanling","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK"}]},{"given":"Tao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"165702","DOI":"10.1088\/0957-4484\/21\/16\/165702","article-title":"NC-AFM imaging of the TiO2 (110)-(1 \u00d7 1) surface at low temperature","volume":"21","author":"Yurtsever","year":"2010","journal-title":"Nanotechnology"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"37006","DOI":"10.1039\/C5RA04257G","article-title":"Tip-based nanofabrication of arbitrary shapes of graphene nanoribbons for device applications","volume":"5","author":"Hu","year":"2015","journal-title":"RSC Adv."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3627","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apsusc.2010.11.091","article-title":"Atomic force microscopy-based repeated machining theory for nanochannels on silicon oxide surfaces","volume":"257","author":"Wang","year":"2011","journal-title":"Appl. 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