1 meter = 1 m
10x smaller
10x smaller
than your
thanhand
you
10 cm
1 cm
1 centimeter = 1 cm
1 mm
1 millimeter = 1 mm
1 micrometer = 1 m
10 m
1 micrometer = 1 m
10 m
1 micrometer = 1 m
1 m
1 micrometer = 1 m
1 m
1 micrometer = 1 m
10x smaller than a red blood cell
1 nanometer = 1 nm
gy
gy
Individual
atoms!
IBM
IBM
AtomicForceMicroscopy
forNanoBio Science
Lecturer:
BrianRodriguez
brian.rodriguez@ucd.ie
x6744,RoomG079
Location:SeminarRoom1
Exception:First2lectures
areinHealthSciencesA005
Coursecontent:
~12lectures
~3practical classes
Finalexam:
practicalexamandwriteup
Grading:
40%continuousassessment
(dataanalysisreports,problem
sheets,inclasspresentation)
60%practicalexamandwriteup
Thursdaysat1pm:Lecture
Fridaysat9am:PracticalLecture
SeminarRoom2 beontime
Fridays~9:30am 5pm:Practical
G085(notthisFriday>NextFriday!!)
http://www.famars.unibas.ch/
http://spaceurope.blogspot.ie/2007/07/famars-instrument-afm-for-planetary.html
to here
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2 m scan
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10 m scan
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Image courtesy of G. Rocha and L. L. Terra, Instituto de Biofsica Carlos Chagas Filho.
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JPK
35 m scan
S. MacLaren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
55 m scan
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90 m scan
Suzi Jarvis, UCD
< 50 nm scan
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530 nm scan
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Imaged by AFM
Paul Rothemund, California Institute of Technology
1 m scan
Paul Rothemund, California Institute of Technology
SPECS
Jiaoetal.,Nature458,877(2009)
150 nm
30 nm
SPECS
IBM
Sample
nanoworld.com
S. Christiansen, MPI-Halle
www.ifr.ac.uk/spm/
surface
sample
z
How is displacement measured?
Deflection sensors
Cantilevers
What are they made from and why?
Why are they different dimensions?
Cantilever design triangular versus
rectangular?
Cantilevers
nanoscience.com
Cantilevers
Silicon
AC mode air
Silicon nitride
AC mode liquid
Contact mode air or liquid
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Nature already
designed a
pretty good
touching
microscope
but we cant
feel forces at
the nanoscale.
Scanning Probe
Microscopy
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1986/index.html
Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy
ThermoMicroscopes
ThermoMicroscopes
Chip
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Piezo stack
Flexure stage
Split Photodiode
SuperLuminescent
Diode source (SLD)
Sample
Cantilever
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Optical Path
To Camera
Piezo
Nanopositioning System
(NPS) Sensor
Cold Mirror
Recollimation Lens
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Piezo
Position
Sensitive
Detector
Z Flexure Stage
Flexure Hinge
Cantilever
Light Path
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NPS Sensor
Piezo
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Conductajournal/internetsearchonblood
cellstoprepareforthepractical Whatare
they?Whyaretheyimportant?Whatsizeare
they?Whatcharacteristicfeaturesdothey
have?Howwouldyouprepareasample?
Additional Information
virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/training/AFM_tutorial/
virlab.virginia.edu/VL/SPM_operation.htm
virlab.virginia.edu/VL/easyScan_AFM.htm
www.pacificnano.com/afmtutorial.html
nanohub.org/resources/520
www.mih.unibas.ch/Booklet/Booklet96/Chapter3/Chapter3.html
www.afmuniversity.org/
ME597 PurdueUniversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYsqd
grYdU&list=PL9DE62164B9EAA564&index=1