Applications:
ColloidalAFMProbesSphereAFMTips
Description:
ThenewsQube®colloidalprobecombinesthewell-knownfeaturesoftheprovenPyrex-NitrideprobesseriessuchashighapplicationversatilityandcompatibilitywithmostcommercialSPMswithareproducIBLesphererADIusinsteadofasharptip.Theexcellent radiusandtheminimizedvariationofdiameterprovidereproduciblesignals.
Pyrex-Nitrideprobesaredesignedforvariousimagingapplicationsincontactordynamicmode.
Thesocalled"ColloidalProbeTechnique",wheresinglecolloidsareattachedtoAFMcantileversforforcemeasurements,opensthechanceforabetterunderstandingoffundamentalinteractionsinavarietyoffields.
Examplesareadhesionphenomena,particle-surface-interactions,mechanicalproperties,sUSPensions,hydrodynamicsandboundaryslip-tonamejustsomeoutofanincreasingnumberofapplications.
ThePyrex-Nitrideprobeshavesiliconnitridecantileverswithverylowforceconstants. TheprobeseriesfeaturesasupportchipthatismadeofPyrex.Thecantileversarestresscompensatedandhavea65nmchromium/goldbacksidecoatingforhighlaserreflectivity.
Theprobeoffersuniquefeatures:
-spherematerial:silicondioxide(SiO2)
-excellentspherediameter:
A=2µm,B=3.5µm,C=6.62µm,D=10.2µm,orE=15µm(all+/-5%)
(Duetodifferentmassestheresonancefrequencycandiffer.)
PleasechooseA,B,C,D,orEwhenordering!
Onlyonecantileverwithsphere,pleasechoosealsolongorshort!
ColloidalprobesbasedonPNPcantileverarenotsuitableforapplicationinfluids.ForthiskindofapplicationwerecommendcolloidalprobebasedonQP-CONTorQP-SCONTcantilever.
