Mad City Labs Downloads
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Atomic Force Microscopy Enhances The Nanoscopy Toolkit
3/22/2021
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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Creating Tungsten Tips Using Mad City Labs SPM Etch Kit
9/29/2020
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. -
High Resolution Steps For Angular Displacement Using The Nano-MTA2
9/29/2020
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 . -
Using Shattered Silicon As Resonant Probe Tips
9/29/2020
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. -
Scanning In Liquid With A Tuning Fork Probe And Diving Bell Kit
9/29/2020
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 . -
AFM With Motorized XYZ And Camera
9/29/2020
An atomic force microscope (AFM) can be built using Mad City Labs products along with other off-the-shelf components. This application note describes the construction of a fully automated AFM with the addition of a camera with
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AFM With Manual XY And Automated Z Approach And Camera
9/29/2020
An atomic force microscope (AFM) can be built using Mad City Labs products along with other off-the-shelf components. This application note describes the construction of a
n AFM automated Z approach with the addition of a camera with a coaxial illuminator to view the tip approach. -
SPM-M Kit For Scanning Probe Microscopy Brochure
9/28/2020
The SPM-M kit is a do-it-yourself atomic force microscope (AFM). The SPM-M kit produces a high performance, resonant probe AFM suitable for both research and teaching environments. It includes the MadPLL® controller, 3 axes of closed loop nanopositioning, resonant probes and AFMView™2 software. A wide range of AFM accessories are also available.
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Implementing A Diving Bell On A Resonant Probe AFM/NSOM
8/27/2020
Imaging live cells or other soft samples in a liquid buffer is uniquely challenging, but the diving bell technique can preserve both high Q factor and sample integrity.
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Understanding Virus Mechanisms — One Particle At A Time
7/8/2020
Single-molecule microscopy techniques facilitate direct study of molecular mechanisms, enabling leaps in understanding surrounding how viruses assemble, disassemble, and interact with their hosts.