
ABOUT MAD CITY LABS, INC.
Mad City Labs, Inc is a leading manufacturer of flexure based nanopositioning systems capable of sub-nanometer positioning resolution. Our product line covers the entire spectrum of nanopositioning capabilities while maintaining a leadership role in multi-axis stages for high speed optical microscopy imaging. Mad City Labs design engineers use 3D CAD and finite element analysis to produce nanopositioners which combine long ranges of motion with exceptional linearity, orthogonality, and stability. Our in-house CNC machining centers provide complete control of mechanical assembly production and allow Mad City Labs to design and fabricate custom systems with minimal engineering costs and short lead times. We deliver the tools for nanotechnology in 30 to 45 days and provide the highest level of customer service and satisfaction in the industry. We provide innovative and practical solutions for today’s demanding biotechnology and nanotechnology applications. Applications for nanopositioners include super resolution microscopy, high speed confocal imaging, AFM, NSOM, scanning probe microscopy, fiber positioning, single molecule spectroscopy, single molecule/particle tracking, high resolution optical alignment, SR optical microscopy, sub-diffraction limit microscopy, nanoscopy and lithography.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mad City Labs, Inc.
2524 Todd Drive
Madison, WI 53713
UNITED STATES
Phone: 608 298-0855
FEATURED DOWNLOADS AND ARTICLES
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Active feedback control can be accomplished in either a closed-loop system or an open-loop system, using various combinations of software and hardware, depending on the demands of the experiment.
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The MMP series of micropositioners from Mad City Labs have a modular design and can be incorporated into many configurations suitable for microscopy, inspection, or imaging applications. They are designed to be compatible with many optomechanical components and controlled via (supplied) LabView software.
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Mad City Labs is the only nanopositioning company showing real-world experimental verification of <50-pm closed-loop step-resolution.
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Moving from micron-level to nanoscale-level research forces researchers to better understand their own experiments, as well as their own actions’ contributions to passive factors that undermine precision. With this understanding comes recognition that simple modifications to an experiment or instrumentation can assist in achieving their precision goals without the intervention of additional processing.
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Nanopositioner applications, utility, and functionality often are misunderstood — to the detriment of researchers whose experiments might benefit from the stability, precision, and repeatability these instruments offer.
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Atomic force microscopes are ideal for nanomechanical characterization, bringing utility to nanoscopy applications and excelling in conditions where low light presents challenges or sample integrity is vital.
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The Mad City Labs SPM etch kit is designed allow users to create a sharp tungsten tip suitable for
scanning probe microscopy. The instrumentation allows the user to attach a tungsten wire to a quartz tuning fork and electrochemically etch the wire. -
This app note presents data demonstrating the Nano-MTA2's ability to take extremely small steps of 25 nanoradians and for these steps to be discerned by an external measurement. This performance is
possibl e due to th e low noise and high - resolution capabilities of PicoQ ® sensors . -
Shattered silicon wafers can produce shards of silicon that terminate in sharp tips suitable for AFM use.
The simplicity and low cost of this method makes it a viable alternative to using etched tungsten tips. The SPM Etch Kit can be used to attach shard of silicon to the tuning fork to produce a tuning fork tip. This application note assumes that the SPM etch kit is assembled and ready for use. -
This application note describes how to
prepare a probe for an AFM scan in liquids using a tuning fork probe. The note describes how the process utilizes a “diving bell” approach to protect the probe and how to fabricate the diving bell using the Mad City Labs diving bell kit .