AFM ine cantilever ine muromo unopinza (probe) kumagumo ayo inoshandiswa kuongorora pamusoro pechigadzirwa. Iyo cantilever inowanzo silicon kana silicon nitride ine muromo we curvature pahurongwa hwe nanometers. Kana muromo waunzwa padhuze nepamusoro pechigadzirwa, masimba pakati pemuromo uye sampuro inotungamira mukutsauka kwe cantilever maererano nemutemo waHooke. Zvichienderana nemamiriro ezvinhu, masimba anoyerwa muAFM anosanganisira simba remagetsi, van der Waals masimba, masimba e capillary, masimba ekubatanidza emakemikari, masimba emagetsi, masimba emagineti (ona magnetic force microscope, MFM), masimba emagetsi, masimba ekugadzirisa, nezvimwewo.
silicon kana silicon nitride