Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: Kei roto i te AFM he cantilever me te pito koi (tuitui) i tona pito e whakamahia ana hei tirotiro i te mata o te tauira. Ko te cantilever he silicon, he silicon nitride ranei me te reihi pito o te piko i runga i te raupapa o nga nanometers. Ina whakatata mai te pito ki te mata o te tauira, ko nga kaha i waenga i te pito me te tauira ka arahi ki te whakahekenga o te cantilever e ai ki te ture a Hooke. I runga anō i te āhuatanga, ko ngā kaha e whanganga ana i roto i te AFM ko te kaha whakapā pūkaha, ngā kaha van der Waals, ngā kaha capillary, te hononga matū, ngā kaha electrostatic, ngā kaha magnetic (tirohia te miihini kaha magnetic, MFM), ngā kaha Casimir, ngā kaha solvation, me ētahi atu. I te taha o te kaha, ka taea te whanganga i ētahi atu nui i te wa kotahi mā te whakamahi i ngā momo pūtirotiro motuhake (tirohia te tirotiro i te miihini wera, te tirotiro i te miihini whakawhānui joule, te tirotiro i te miihini photothermal, me ētahi atu).  Pātai: He aha te mea e hangaia ai te kākano?
silicon, silicon nitride rānei