PRODUCT INTRODUCTION FOR JUNE 2006

PYREX-NITRIDE-SPM-PROBES
Leading edge in sharpness and durability

The Announcement is also available for free download.

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General

  • SPM probe for a wide range of applications
  • Fits to all well-known commercial SPMs
  • Silicon nitride cantilevers and tips
  • Cantilevers are supported by a holder chip made of pyrex glass
  • Designed for various imaging applications in contact or dynamic mode

Material Features

  • Low-stress silicon nitride for lowest cantilever bending
  • Excellent hardness for wear resistance and extended lifetime

Cantilevers

  • multi-lever design with four rectangular cantilevers (version with triangular cantilevers to be introduced later this year)
  • reflective chromium / gold coating on the backside of the cantilevers
  • stress compensated with bending below 3°

Holder

  • holder chips made of pyrex material (3.4 mm x 1.5 mm x 0.2 mm)
  • easy handling due to single holder chips

Tip

  • oxide sharpened pyramidal probe tips
  • tip height 4 µm and tip radius of curvature typically < 15 nm
  • macrosocopic half-cone angles 35°

UNIQUE FEATURES IN BRIEF:

  • single holder chips for easy handling
  • multi-lever design with four rectangular cantilevers (version with triangular cantilevers to be introduced later this year)

Package sizes

  • 20 and 50 probes

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