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Atomic Force Microscope (VEECO)


Science Group: Surfaces & Interfaces
Comments:
The AFM images small (about 15mm diameter) samples, prepared usually as squares, discs or rectangles. In the Veeco AFM the plates are round metal disks or 'pucks' which attach by magnets to a scanner tube. The scanner moves the sample back and forth and the probe extracts informationSub-nanometer resolution over 125 microns possible.
 
This is an "in-air" system means that biological and organic samples can be investigated (provided they don't stick to the tip). Samples may be prone to contamination from ambient air and water unless they are properly protected.
 
There are several modes for investigating different samples and their properties:
 
  • Contact Mode - where a tip acts a spring and surface forces are measured as the tip follows the sample surface, causing the cantilever to flex.
  • Tapping Mode - where the probe oscillates near the resonant frequency of the cantilever to monitor oscillation amplitude and phase of cantilever motion near the surface. Here, contact forces are minimised.
  • Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) - a variation of Tapping Mode to investigate magnetic samples using a magnetic coated tip.
  • Electrical Force Microscopy (EFM) - similar to MFM to give images of a sample's electrical domains.
  • Fluid Operation - to investigate liquid/fluid systems prepared using special sample holders (cells) and probes.
  • Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM) - as before but in air.
  • Lateral Force Microscopy - (LFM) - to measure frictional forces on the surfaces of samples.


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