Available Coatings

Reflex Coating (for Pointprobe® and Arrow Silicon AFM Probes)

30 nm thick Aluminium coating on the backside enhances reflectivity of the laser beam by a factor of 2.5 prevents light from interfering within the cantilever strongly recommended for thin cantilevers if the coating is compatible with the application

Hard Magnetic Coating (for Pointprobe® AFM Probes)

40 nm thick Cobalt alloy coating on the tip-side permanent magnetization of the tip tip needs to be magnetized by means of an external strong magnet Soft magnetic samples may be influenced by the tip

Soft Magnetic Coating (for Pointprobe® AFM Probes)

Soft magnetic coating on the tip-side coercitivity of app. 0.75 Oe remancence magnetization of app. 225 emu/cm3

Diamond Coating (for Pointprobe® AFM Probes)

100 nm thick coating of polycrystalline diamond on the tip-side unsurpassed hardness of the tip

PtIr5 Coating (for Pointprobe® AFM Probes and for some Arrow™ Probes, others on request)

25nm thick double layer of chromium and platinum iridium5 layer on doth sides of the product the layer enhances the conductivity and allows electrical contact detector side coating enhances the reflectivity of the laser beam by a factor of 2 the layer is stress compensated and wear resistant bending due to stress is less than 2°

Gold Coating (for Pointprobe® AFM Probes on request)

70nm thick chromium/gold coating on the backside of the cantilever 70nm thick chromium/gold coating on both sides of the probe

Chromium/Titanium/Gold Coating (for Hybrid-Nitride™ AFM Probes)

70 nm thick chromium/titanium/gold coating on the backside (on both sides for tipless version available) enhances reflectivity of the laser beam

Titanium/Gold Coating (for Arrow™ Tipless Cantilevers)

70 nm titanium / 30 nm gold coating on the top side enhances reflectivity of the laser beam