Our AFM tips are micromachined, monolithic
Silicon, exhibiting excellent uniformity and a sharp
tip radius.
Our AppNano and Vistaprobes AFM tips have a pyramidal geometry, as shown in the photo and schematic
to the right. Our specialty probes by Team Nanotec typically
have a conical shape.
Our standard, uncoated tips have a consistent radius
of less than 10 nm. The AppNano brand has the added
benefit of a high aspect ratio (typically 3:1) at the last 200
nm of the tip. And the Super Sharp models feature even smaller tip radii of 2 nm and higher aspect ratios (better than 3.5:1).
If you wish to obtain detailed information about
your tip's shape and morphology, we recommend the tip characterization
devices by Aurora Nanodevices and the SPIP
software Tip Characterization module. |
SEM Micrograph of AppNano
brand AFM tip.
Schematic showing commonly
used terms to describe tip geometry.
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