At the 2012 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting currently in progress (on 25-30 November 2012 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, US), Bruker announced that its exclusive PeakForce Tapping technology has recently surpassed the 100 peer-reviewed publication mark.
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PeakForce Tapping is the enabling technology behind Bruker’s suite of proprietary imaging modes that are bringing atomic resolution imaging and ease-of-use to quantitative nanomechanical and nanoelectrical atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterisation in biological and material science applications.
Through precise measurement technology and force control algorithms, PeakForce Tapping permits the use of reduced imaging forces, protecting both fragile probes and samples and increasing image resolution. In PeakForce Tapping, a force-distance curve is obtained at every pixel in an image; PeakForce QNM analyses this data in real-time to obtain quantitative nanomechanical (QNM) information. ScanAsyst automates PeakForce Tapping, saving time and effort for all AFM users. PeakForce Tapping has also been integrated into several electrical characterisation modes, allowing users to investigate electrical properties simultaneously with nanomechanical characteristics and topography.
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