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QC

Quality Control

QFM

Quasinoncontact Force Microscopy
Phys. Rev. B 53, 15485 (1996).

QPM

Quantum Proximity Microscopy
http://www.weizmann.ac.il/home/prior/projects/qpm/qpm.html

QPS

qPlus-sensor
Tuning fork force sensor with one prong bonded to a mount and a tip attached to the other prong. Such construction of tuning fork force sensor increases damping and allows using tuning fork in a similar manner as conventional cantilevers in AFM.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 3956 (1998).