Homework Statement
An AFM tip has a spring constant k, a colloidal bead with radius r is glues onto the cantilever tip. Derive an expression and plot the deformation of the cantilever spring, Δx, as a function of distance the tip of the cantilever is moved towards another bead of the same...
Homework Statement
The current in a wire consists of n electrons per unit volume moving with a velocity v. What is the effect on these electrons of the magnetic field set up by the current itself within the wire? What is the force on one electron at a distance r from the centre of the wire...