For Training please contact: Christian.Halbig@fu-Berlin.de
Notes: Cantilever for basic measurements are provided by NanoFAB.
Setup History
- 2016: Purchased with cAFM and Kalvin Probe module.
- 2022: Relocated to SupraFAB
Official
Setup history
Documents and Operation
Nano Wizard User Manual 4.2 (PDF)
Kalvin Probe Module 2 Manual for Kelvin Probe Method
Useful Links
(PDF)
Quick Operation Guide
- Download Document (PDF) (Word)
Device Handling
Contact Mode
AC (Intermittent) Mode
- Conductive AFM
- Liquid AFM
- Download Summary of Steps (PDF) (Word)
Tips for Cantilever
- https://www.nanoandmore.com/
- AC Mode (AIR):
- BudgetSensors Tap300: -G (uncoated), Al-G (aluminium coated), GD-G or GB-G (gold coated)
- they are quite good standard tips (tip radius <10nm). Choose gold coated for liquid-AFM.
- 10 pcs / ~200 €
- Nanosensors PPP-NCx (Point Probe Plus - Non-Contact), NCH (higher frequency), NCL (lower frequency), NCR (aluminium coated), NCAuD (gold coated)
- Slightly better in performance, but also more expensive.
- 10 pcs / ~330 €
- BudgetSensors Tap300: -G (uncoated), Al-G (aluminium coated), GD-G or GB-G (gold coated)
- AC Mode (LIQUID):
- BudgetSensors Multi75GD-G or Multi75GB-G (both gold coated)
- Recommended for basic liquid-AFM using AC mode.
- 10 pcs / ~260 €
- BudgetSensors Multi75GD-G or Multi75GB-G (both gold coated)
- Contact Mode:
- AIR: BudgetSensors Contact-G (uncoated) or ContAl-G (aluminium coated) 10 pcs / ~200 €
- LIQUID: BudgetSensors ContGD-G (gold coated) 10 pcs / ~260 €
- Conductive-AFM:
- PPP-ContPt (Nanosensors) orContPt (NanoWorld) 10 pcs / ~420-460 €
- ElektriCont-G (BudgetSensors) 10 pcs / ~240 €
- AC Mode (AIR):
Downloads
Software | Description | Link |
---|---|---|
Gwyddion | Freeware to process recorded SPM data. Available for Windows, Linux and Mac. | http://gwyddion.net/ |
WSxM | Software to process recorded AFM data. Free for non-commercial usage. Windows only. | http://www.wsxm.eu/ |
JPK SPM Processing | Official JPK Software (v. 6.0.65) for processing your data. Windows only | <ask cleanroom management> |
Useful Links
Description | Link | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artifacts in AFM | A nice summary of artifacts in AFM. |
| ||||||
Artifacts in AFM | F. Gołek, P. Mazur, Z. Ryszka, S. Zuber: "Artifacts in AFM" | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.01.149 | ||||||
Application Note of NT-MDT: | T. Füzik, P. Ulbrich, T. Ruml: "Imaging of biological smaples in liquid environment" Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology |
| ||||||
Calibration of AFM cantilever | The following link are useful in order to calibrate the spring constant of a cantilever. The |
...
first method is the |
...
one I am more partial |
...
. The second was considered the gold standard but the above method has gained respect. |
...