By Chicago Materials Research Center
The Jupiter XR is our large sample fast-scan AFM capable of high-resolution imaging at high scan rates. Specifications - Scanner with 100um XY and 12um Z ranges - BlueDrive - Scan rates > 10Hz - Sample sizes up to 200mm - IgorPro and Ergo software interfaces - Environmental control: Liquid Droplet, Liquid Perfusion, Inert Gas, Temperature from 0°C to 250°C - Standard modes: AC Tapping, Phase, Contact, Force Curves, LFM, MFM, Nanolithography, Dual-AC, DART - Electrical modes: ORCA Conductive AFM, KPFM, EFM, STM, PFM - Magnetic modes: Variable Field Module - Nanomechanical modes: AM-FM Viscoelastic Mapping, Force Mapping, Contact Resonance, NanoRack The Cypher ES is a fast-scan AFM that acquires high-resolution images in seconds rather than minutes thereby enabling dynamic AFM measurements in various active systems like lipid bilayers, polymerizing actin networks, nanoparticle membranes, and diblock copolymers. Our Cypher ES is equipped with multiple sample scanners for fast high-resolution imaging in almost any environment: air, fluid, perfusion, and heating/cooling from 0°C to 250°C. The system has nanomechanical characterization modes in addition to electrical modes such as ORCA conductive AFM, Kelvin Probe, and femto-STM modes. Specifications - S and ES Scanners with 30um XY and 5um Z ranges - BlueDrive - Scan rates > 10Hz - Sample sizes up to 15mm - Atomic resolution capabilities - IgorPro and Ergo software interfaces - Temperature stabilization to reduce thermal drift - Environmental control: Liquid Droplet, Liquid Perfusion, Inert Gas, Temperature from 0°C to 250°C - Standard modes: AC Tapping, Phase, Contact, Force Curves, LFM, MFM, Nanolithography, Dual-AC, DART - Electrical modes: ORCA Conductive AFM, KPFM, EFM, STM, femto-amp STM, PFM - Nanomechanical modes: AM-FM Viscoelastic Mapping, Fast Force Mapping, Contact Resonance The Asylum MFP-3D-BIO AFM is mounted on an inverted optical microscope to enable simultaneous brightfield, widefield epi-fluorescence, or phase imaging. The extended Z-head allows tapping mode and contact imaging within a range of 40µm in Z and 90µm in X and Y. It also is capable of nanomechanical property mapping, bimodal dual-AC imaging, single-molecule force extension measurements, conductive AFM, and STM. An open-access sample area and a range of environmental chambers (BioHeater, Petri Dish Holder, Heater/Cooler, and Polymer Heater) ensure compatibility for nearly any kind of sample (material, chemical, or biological) in air, fluid, or inert atmosphere. Specifications - Scanner with 90um XY and 40um Z ranges - Sample sizes up to 50mm - Environmental control: Liquid Droplet, Liquid Perfusion, Inert Gas, Temperature from -20°C to 300°C - Standard modes: AC Tapping, Phase, Contact, Force Curves, LFM, MFM, Nanolithography, Dual-AC, DART - Electrical modes: ORCA Conductive AFM, KPFM, EFM, STM, PFM, SECM, Electrochemical - Nanomechanical modes: Force Curves, Force Volume Mapping - Optical: Brightfield, Fluorescence, Phase Our Bruker Multimode 8 AFM is used most often for imaging and material property measurements with ScanAsyst, Peak Force Tapping, and Peak Force QNM (Quantitative Nanomechanical Property Measurement) modes. Multiple J, E and A scanners are available as well as electrical, magnetic, nanomechanical, and environmental capabilities. Specifications - Nanoscope V controller - J, E, and A scanners - Sample sizes up to 10mm - Standard modes: PeakForce Tapping, ScanAsyst, AC Tapping, Phase, Contact, Force Curves, LFM, MFM - Electrical modes: Conductive AFM, EFM, STM - Nanomechanical modes: PeakForce-QNM, Force Volume Mapping Oxford Instruments Femto-Indenter i04 High resolution nanoindentation system Specifications Our Bruker MS-10 Standalone STM provides high sensitivity and high stability STM imaging with atomic resolution at low tunneling currents. A custom-built automated Pt/Ir tip etching system is nearby, so that STM tips can be freshly made when necessary. Specifications - Nanoscope IIIa controller - pA imaging setpoints - Atomic resolution - Air and liquid environments - Sample sizes up to 10mm - Custom tip etcher
