Applications:
ContactModeAFMProbesLifeScienceAFMProbes
Non-Contact/SoftTappingModeAFMProbes
FluidTappingAFMProbes
Description:
TheNANOSENSORSuniqprobecombinesthewell-knownfeaturesoftheotherNANOSENSORSAFMprobeseriessuchashighapplicationversatilityandcompatibilitywithmostcommercialSPMswiththeadditionaladvantageofastronglyreduceddispersionofforceconstantandresonancefrequency.
Theunsurpasseduniformityofthemechanicalcharacteristicsoftheuniqprobeseriesisparticularlyimportantforapplications,wherealargenumberofprobeswithknownandnearidenticalforceconstantsorresonancefrequenciesareneeded.ThesensorsoftheuniqprobeseriesareespeciallyadaptedformolecularBIOLOGy,biophysicsandquantitativenano-mechanicalstudies.
NANOSENORSqp-BioACAFMprobesaredesignedformainlydynamicmodeAFMimaginginairorliquidenvironments,butcanalsobeusedincontactmode.Theseprobesfeaturethreedifferentrectangularcantileversononesideofthesupportchip.TheuniqprobeBioACtypeunitesfairlyhighresonancefrequencieswithlowforceconstants.Thecombinationofthesecharacteristicsleadstostable,lownoiseandfastmeasurementswithreducedtip-sampleinteraction.
Theprobeoffersuniquefeatures:
- smalldispersionofforceconstantandresonancefrequency
- typicaltipheight7µm
- typicaltiprADIusofcurvaturesmallerthan10nm
- stressfreecantileverswithconsiderablylessbending
- tipandcantileversaremadeofaquartz-likematerial
- reduceddriftforapplicationsinliquidenvironments
- tiprepositioningaccuracyofbetterthan±8µm(incombinationwithAlignmentChip)
- chemicallyinert