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:polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA)
-excellentspherediameter:
A=1.5µm,B=3.36µm,C=6.44µm,D=9.57µm,orE=14.59µm(all+/-5%)
(Duetodifferentmassestheresonancefrequencycandiffer.)
PleasechooseA,B,C,D,orE byordering!
Onlyonecantileverwithsphere,pleasechooselongorshort!
ColloidalprobesbasedonPNPcantileverarenotsuitableforapplicationinfluids.ForthiskindofapplicationwerecommendcolloidalprobebasedonQP-CONTorQP-SCONTcantilever.