Applications:
ColloidalAFMProbesSphereAFMTips
Description:
ThenewsQube®colloidalprobecombinesthewell-knownfeaturesoftheprovenPyrex-NitrideprobesseriessuchashighapplicationversatilityandcompatibilitywithmostcommercialSPMswithareproducIBLesphererADIusinsteadofasharptip.Theexcellent radiusandtheminimizedvariationofdiameterprovidereproduciblesignals.
Pyrex-Nitrideprobesaredesignedforvariousimagingapplicationsincontactordynamicmode.
Thesocalled"ColloidalProbeTechnique",wheresinglecolloidsareattachedtoAFMcantileversforforcemeasurements,opensthechanceforabetterunderstandingoffundamentalinteractionsinavarietyoffields.Examplesareadhesionphenomena,particle-surfaceinteractions,mechanicalproperties,sUSPensions,hydrodynamicsandboundaryslip-tonamejustsomeoutofanincreasingnumberofapplications.
ThePyrex-Nitrideprobeshavesiliconnitridecantileverswithverylowforceconstants. TheprobeseriesfeaturesasupportchipthatismadeofPyrex.Thecantileversarestresscompensatedandhavea65nmchromium/goldbacksidecoatingforhighlaserreflectivity.
Theprobeoffersuniquefeatures:
-excellentspherediameter:
A=1.98µm,B=3.6µm,C=6.1µm,D=10.8µm,orE=14.45µm(all+/-5%)
(Duetodifferentmassestheresonancefrequencycandiffer.)
PleasechooseA,B,C,D,orE whenordering!
Onlyonecantileverwithsphere,pleasechooselongorshort!
ColloidalprobesbasedonPNPcantileverarenotsuitableforapplicationinfluids.ForthiskindofapplicationwerecommendcolloidalprobebasedonQP-CONTorQP-SCONTcantilever.
