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Microcantilevers are called microcantilever sensors when their surfaces are functionalized to detect specific molecules. Their sizes are in the micrometer and nanometer ranges. They are fixed at one ends and the other ends can move freely like a diving board. Microcantilevers are one of the basic micromechanical structures.

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