Scanning Probe Microscope, Bruker Fast Scan

 

 

Specifications:

  • X-Y scan range: 35 μm x 35 μm typical, up to 90 µm x 90 µm (depending on the application and scanner)
  • Z range: ≥3 μm
  • Vertical noise floor: <40pm RMS, sensor in appropriate environment (up to 625 Hz)
  • X-Y tip-velocity max.: > 2 mm/sec
  • Z tip-velocity max. 12 mm/sec
  • Sample holder: 210 mm vacuum chuck for samples ≤210mm in diameter, ≤15 mm thick

 

Key features:

  • ScanAsyst
  • TappingMode (air)
  • Contact Mode
  • Lateral Force Microscopy
  • Lift Mode
  • MFM
  • EFM
  • Force Spectroscopy
  • Force Volume
  • Surface Potential
  • Piezoresponse Microscopy
  • Force Spectroscopy

 

Applications:

  • AFM, e.g., for roughness, topography, and grain size measurements
  • PeakForce QNM (= quantitative nanomechanical measurements), for modulus mapping or phase imaging in polymers
  • Kelvin Probe Microscopy, for measurements of the surface potential on electrocatalyst materials
  • Possible future applications
    • PeakForce TUNA for nanonmeter resolved electrical mapping
    • In-situ AFM on catalyst materials
    • VITA Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM), qualitative thermal conductivity mapping