AFM consumables

All the articles in our blog about AFM consumables

Wednesday, February 8, 2023
How to Choose the Right AFM Probes for Your Application

Register for the AFM Probe Selection webinar. On Feb. 15 Asylum's experts will do a deep dive into the subject, providing information useful for beginner to advanced AFM users.

Even for an experienced AFM user, choosing the right probe can be daunting. Using an...

Monday, January 16, 2023
 The Future of Quantitative PFM

Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) is one of the most powerful techniques for nanoscale characterization of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials. Despite many advances over the last 30 years, however, it has remained challenging to make...

Friday, November 18, 2022
New Accessory for Jupiter XR AFM: nanoTDDB

Nuovo accessorio per il Jupiter XR AFM: nanoTDDB

Abstract

In the field of microelectronics, metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) devices use high-k gate dielectric materials, such as hafnium dioxide (HfO₂) with a dielectric constant in the range of 18-25. This material, under a metal gate,...

Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Webinar - Force Curve Analysis with MountainsSPIP®- Digital Surf

Webinar host: Mathieu Cognard, product manager for SPM applications,

Digital Surf Main speaker: Dalia Yablon, founder of SurfaceChar LLC, material characterization & nanotechnology expert

In this webinar, DS will demonstrate some of the...

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Would you like to get an exclusive first glimpse at the new features coming in Mountains® 9.2?

Then register now to join this upcoming webinar in which Alexis Morand, Learning engineer at Digital Surf, will walk you through the highlights of the latest version of...

Thursday, February 25, 2021
Photomask Repair - Adama Innovations atomically sharp and ultra-strong tips

New Photomask Repair Application Note. Come see how Adama Innovations atomically sharp and ultra-strong tips can help!

  1. Defect Repair - Repair of two photomask edge defects by machining the edge with a sharp robust diamond probe. Acquired using an Asylum Research...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Webinar - Measuring the Surface Roughness of Thin Films and Substrates with Atomic Force Microscopy

Wed, Jul 29, 2020 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CEST

Surface roughness is an important measurement for thin films and substrates in a wide range of applications including semiconductor electronics, data storage, optics and other glass components, as well as thin films and coatings...

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
AFM Electrical characterization with ResiScope, Soft ResiScope & HD-KFM modes

Webinar's key topics:

  • Advanced CSI AFM Modes – Electrical measurements
  • HD-KFM mode : Concept, advantages and exemples
    • Most advanced single-pass KFM mode (no lift)
    • Much higher sensitivity & resolution
    ...
Friday, January 31, 2020
Side view of an RMN AFM probe

Rocky Mountain Nanotechnology, LLC, is the only company that manufactures and sells ultra-sharp, solid platinum and platinum-iridium AFM probes, for high resolution electrical measurements. These probes can be used in various modes, including tapping and contact...

Tuesday, June 20, 2017
High Definiton Kelvin Force Microscopy - BIMODAL HD-KFM

Electric characterization with the atomic force microscope has an increasing demand among the AFM community to solve new research topics in nanotechnology like energy harvesting, polymer or organic based electronics, or new advances in the semiconductor industry...

Monday, June 5, 2017

We are pleased to announce that we will be present at the "3rd BOLOGNA SPM WORKSHOP - SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY FOR MINERAL, BIOLOGICAL AND MATERIAL SCIENCES", on July 14, 2017 - Bologna.
The workshop will be held at the Dept. of Biological, Geological and Environmental...

Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Park Systems Logo

Schaefer South-East Europe is happy to announce that Park Systems has just received a very important award from Frost & Sullivan. The most important innovation involves their proprietary SmartScan™ technology that allows any researcher to make high...

Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Nano-Observer AFM Microscope Euro 2016 Challenge!

Follow the Euro 2016 with CSI and Win Prizes!

Join CSI for football and AFM: Predict the Euro 2016 winners from the Quarter-Final round to the Final, and win prizes from CSI!

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Monday, February 8, 2016
New Mikromasch OPUS AFM - Optimized Positioning Upon Sample

The key feature of OPUS™ is AFM tip visibility: OPUS™ AFM tips are positioned exactly at the end of each cantilever at an angle of 90 degrees, which enables a precise tip positioning on the sample to be measured.

OPUS™ tips are available on all standard cantilever types for all commonly...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015
STM/AFM Microscope Nano-Observer from CSI Instruments, now with touch screen control!

A new video has been uploaded recently on YouTube. It provides a complete overview of the AFM Nano-Observer microscope, manufactured by CSI Instruments. Now this instrument is even easier to use, thanks to the touch screen control. You can operate the...

Tuesday, January 13, 2015
All-diamond AFM Probes - Promo on two probes boxes

Schaefer is proud to offer to their customers a special promo, to evaluate the all-diamond AFM probes NaDia Probes, manufactured by Advanced Diamond Technologies. Those AFM probes are built with a single, monolithic diamond structure. The key...