AFM & SPM

International suppliers of consumables for AFM and SPM including; Calibration standards, Diamond knives, Specimen preparation, Specimen storage and Substrates

AFM Mica Discs
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Available in four different diameters.
AFM/STM Metal Specimen Discs
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Specimen discs
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High quality magnetic stainless steel (alloy 430) discs for mounting AFM specimens are available.
Highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG)
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HOPG is widely used as a substrate for specimens to be examined in scanning probe microscopy.
Mica Sheets
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Freshly cleaved ruby muscovite mica surfaces are extremely even and flat.
Gold coated substrates
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PLATYPUS gold-coated substrates are prepared in an electron beam evaporator in a dedicated clean environment, to prevent contamination of the gold film, and using a titanium adhesion layer on plasma cleaned surfaces.
Arrandee gold-coated substrates
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Arrandee gold-coated substrates use a borosilicate glass base of 0.7mm thickness.
Silicon nitride coated discs (blanks)
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These 200µm thick 3mm silicon support discs have a low stress, ultra-flat 50nm layer of silicon nitride on both sides.