Fabrication and analysis of cylindrical resin AFM microcantilevers

► Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) has been used to make commercially viable AFM cantilevers. ► Analytical expressions for resonant frequency of Timoshenko beams has been derived. ► Dynamics of cylindrical AFM cantilevers has been discussed. ► Expressions for dynamic properties of conical AFM cantilevers has been derived. ► Effect of metallisation of cylindrical AFM cantilevers has been discussed.