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We have developed a new scanning microscope based on a vibrating contact tip and piezoelectric detection. Scanning the sample reveals surface topography and mainly, subsurface elastic properties. The preliminary images presented show surface and subsurface inhomogeneities in metallic samples. Lateral resolution is essentially related to the tip diameter as in near-field microscopes.
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