Substrata offers a full suite of silver coated microscope slides at affordable prices
All coatings are deposited under high vacuum using electron beam evaporation. Applications include optics, nanotechnology, and AFM applications.
We use premium BOROFLOAT® 33 (NEXTERION® Glass B) microscope slides which exhibit excellent chemical and temperature stability and durability, exceptional flatness, tight thickness tolerance, and roughness ≤ 1 nm RMS. More information on the glass can be found here.
BOROFLOAT® 33 and NEXTERION® are trademarks of Schott AG.
We use a thin titanium adhesion layer (2-7 nm) between the glass and silver coating. This adhesion layer is optional and can also be replaced with chromium upon request. All glass slides are packaged in a clean environment and shipped in individual slide mailers.
Technical Features
Substrate
BOROFLOAT® 33
Glass Microscope Slide
- Type: Borosilicate Glass
- Density: 2.250 g/cm3
- Flatness: ≤ 50 µm
- Roughness: ≤ 1 nm RMS
- Tolerance: ± 0.1 mm
Coating
Silver, Ag
- Purity: 99.99 %
- Deposition Technique: Electron Beam Evaporation
- Deposition Rate: 1-2 Å/s
- Process Pressure ≤ 2E-6 Torr
- Adhesion Layer: Ti (99.99 %)
High quality substrates coated with 500 Å (50 nm) of silver. All coatings include a 50 Å titanium adhesion layer between the substrate surface and the silver coating.
Product # | Description | Coating | Thickness | Adhesion | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSAG500-Q10 | Silver Coated Microscope Slides500 Å Ag | 25 mm x 75 mm x 1 mm | Silver (99.99 %) | 500 Å | 50 Å Ti | 10/pkg |
These items are fabricated upon order and may require up to 5 business days to ship. All items are sold in packs of 10 microscope slides.
Chromium (Cr) can also be used as an adhesion layer upon request.
Product # | Description | Coating | Thickness | Adhesion | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SSAG100-Q10 | Silver Coated Microscope Slides 100 Å Ag | 25 mm x 75 mm x 1 mm | Silver (99.99 %) | 100 Å | 20 Å Ti | 10/pkg |
SSAG1000-Q10 | Silver Coated Microscope Slides1000 Å Ag | 25 mm x 75 mm x 1 mm | Silver (99.99 %) | 1000 Å | 50 Å Ti | 10/pkg |
SSAG5000-Q10 | Silver Coated Microscope Slides 5000 Å Ag | 25 mm x 75 mm x 1 mm | Silver (99.99 %) | 5000 Å | 75 Å Ti | 10/pkg |