Season’s Greetings 2025 from NanoWorld

As we glide toward the end of the year, we’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to our customers and partners around the world for trusting NanoWorld AFM probes in your research and industry related applications.

Whether you’re carving fresh tracks like the NanoWorld Professor or enjoying the view like our robot friend in the gondola in this year’s holiday cartoon, we hope this festive season brings you inspiration, well-earned rest, and exciting discoveries ahead. ☃️⛷️🚠

✨ Wishing you a joyful Christmas and a successful, curiosity-driven New Year 2026! ✨

We look forward to continuing the journey together in the year to come.

NanoWorld AFM probes holiday cartoon showing the NanoWorld professor on the left-hand side of the drawing skiing down a slope and the NanoWorld robot on the upper right-hand side sitting in a gondola together with a snowman watching the professor from above. Some mountains are drawn in the background.
Enjoy the holiday season now matter if you are hitting the slopes or have other fun plans. See you next year!

New – NanoWorld introduces Arrow-ACR Silicon AFM probe

A reliable replacement of the Olympus®* AC160 –
Optimized Positioning with Maximum AFM Tip Visibility

NanoWorld AG is pleased to introduce the new Arrow-ACR AFM probe, developed to provide research professionals worldwide with a dependable alternative to the discontinued Olympus®* AC160 microcantilever.

The Arrow™ ACR (typical resonance frequency 300 kHz, typical force constant 26 N/m), combines identical mechanical properties as the
Olympus®* AC160 with the well-known Arrow AFM tip and cantilever geometry. Always positioned exactly at the end of the AFM cantilever, this AFM probe offers easy positioning of the AFM tip over the area of interest.

With their moderate stiffness (typical force constant 26 N/m) the Arrow™ ACR probes are particularly suitable for studying relatively soft materials, including various polymers. These AFM probes are designed to perform optimally in non-contact/Tapping™ mode in air, enabling detailed characterization of thin films, coatings, surface roughness, and localized defects.

Users can expect stable operation, high sensitivity and high-speed scanning capabilities, ensuring reproducible data across a wide range of applications.

For researchers seeking a seamless transition from the discontinued
Olympus®* AC160, the NanoWorld® Arrow™ ACR offers a reliable solution backed by NanoWorld’s manufacturing precision and quality control.

Product announcement of new NanoWorld Arrow-ACR AFM probe – replacement for from the discontinued Olympus®* AC160 microcantilever on the top left. NanoWorld logo on the right. SEM image (side view) of an Arrow silicon AFM tip. On the lower right there is a small image of Arrow AFM cantilever and AFM tip.
A reliable replacement of the Olympus®* AC160 – NanoWorld introduces new Arrow-ACR Silicon AFM probe
Optimized Positioning with Maximum AFM Tip Visibility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Olympus® is a trademark of Olympus Corporation

Meet us at 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan next week

NanoWorld AG CEO Manfred Detterbeck will be at the NanoAndMore Japan booth at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan held from September 24– 26, 2025 at Nara Prefectural Convention Center.   Will we meet you there too?

cartoon of the NanoWorld AFM probes professor and robot dreaming of Nara Japan, dream bubble is showing the Nara skyline
Meet you at the NanoAndMore Japan booth at Nara Prefectural Convention Center next week

 

 

Skyline of Nara
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