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NANOSENSORS Membrane Surface Stress Sensors (MSS) used by NECThu Jun 24 2021

NEC uses NANOSENSORS Membrane Surface Stress Sensors (MSS) in their development of a measuring device that enables spatial monitoring of SARS-CoV-2

To learn more about NANOSENSORS MSS please have a look at the MSS Webpage https://www.mss-sensor.com/ or the MSS Youtube video

https://youtu.be/JP_VoLrGVXs

#sarscov2 #covid19test #covid19solutions #covid #research #science #development #nanomechanicalsensing

Tap300Al-G AFM probes used in a recent study.Thu Jun 17 2021

Tap300Al-G AFM probes are used to analyze iron thin films coated optics for corrosion monitoring, a vital step in the prevention of methane leaks and catastrophic effects in natural gas pipelines

https://link.springer.com/...

#AFMProbes #AtomicForceMicroscopy

MikroMasch® celebrates Heinrich Rohrer's birthday!Thu Jun 10 2021

Celebrating the birthday of the late Heinrich Rohrer! The Swiss physicist shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the invention of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM), the predecessor of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). Thank you for leading the way!

#AFMProbes #AtomicForceMicroscopy #HeinrichRohrer #ScanningTunnelingMicroscopy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Rohrer

Flat Tip Effectively Avoids Tip-derived Youngs Modulus Errors Introduced by Conventional TipsMon May 31 2021

Discover how nanotools Flat Tip with precisely controlled indentation area is applied to effectively measure Young's modulus of a whole yeast cell.

• Title: Evaluating Young's Modulus of Single Yeast Cells Based on Compression Using an Atomic Force Microscope with a Flat Tip
• Authors: Di Chang, Takahiro Hirate, Chihiro Uehara, Hisataka Maruyama, Nobuyuki Uozumi, Fumihito Arai
• Publication: Microscopy and Microanalysis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Date: Jan 15, 2021

https://www.nanotools.com/blog/flat-tip-effectively-avoids-tip-derived-youngs-modulus-errors-introduced-by-conventional-tips.html

#AFM #metrology #topography #microscopy #nanotechnology

Quantification of electron accumulation at grain boundaries in perovskite polycrystalline films by correlative infrared-spectroscopic nanoimaging and Kelvin probe force microscopyTue May 25 2021

Organic-inorganic halide perovskites are materials of high interest for the development of solar cells. Learning more about the relationship between the electrical properties and the chemical compositions of perovskite at the nanoscale can help to understand how the interrelations of both can affect device performance and contribute to an understanding on how to best design … Continue reading

#devicephysics #KelvinProbeForceMicroscopy #ScanningNearFieldOpticalMicroscopy #IRnanoimaging #photovoltaics #perovskitematerials

Temperature effects on the nano-friction across exposed atomic step edgesThu May 20 2021

In the article “Temperature effects on the nano-friction across exposed atomic step edges” Wen Wang, Ashu Wang and Lingyan Zeng describe how they used friction force microscopy ( FFM ) under ultrahigh vacuum ( UHV) conditions to study the temperature dependence of nanoscale friction between a silicon AFM tip ( NANOSENSORS™ PointProbe® Plus PPP-LFMR AFM […]

#LateralForceMicroscopy #Carbonbasedmaterials #nanofriction #materialsscience #横向力显微镜探针 #摩擦力显微镜探针 #FFMカンチレバー #FFMプローブ #FFM探针 #AtomicForceMicroscopy

BudgetSensors® celebrates Christoph Gerber's birthday!Sat May 15 2021

Happy birthday to Christoph Gerber, co-inventor of the Atomic Force Microscope!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Gerber

#AFMProbes #AtomicForceMicroscopy #HappyBirthday

AFM probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy – screencast on NanoWorld® MFM tips passes 2000 views markFri May 14 2021

The screencast about NanoWorld AFM probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy held by Dr. Marco Becker has just passed the 2000 views mark. Congratulations Marco! Magnetic Force Microscopy is a type of Atomic Force Microscopy in which a magnetised AFM tip is used to measure magnetic interactions between the tip and the surface of a magnetic … Continue reading

#MagneticAFMProbes, #MagneticAFMTips, #MagneticForceMicroscopy, #MagneticPropertiesAndMaterials, #MFMProbes, #MFMTips, #MFMR, #MFMカンチレバー, #MFMプローブ, #SMFMR, #磁力显微镜, #磁力显微镜探针

nanotools biosphere™ probes featured in research articleTue May 11 2021

Discover how nanotools hydrophobic and chemical resistant biosphere™ with precisely controlled 20 and 50 nm radius and pre-calibrated cantilevers are applied to study the mechanical properties of supported lipid bilayers.
https://www.nanotools.com/blog/influence-of-afm-tip-radius-when-measuring-mechanical-properties-of-biomimetic-membranes.html

#AFM #metrology #topography #microscopy #nanotechnology

MikroMasch® AFM probes used in a recent researchMon May 10 2021

HQ:NSC14/Cr-Au AFM probes used for KPFM measurements in the investigation of the effects of ebeam irradiation on the friction and work function of wrinkled graphene.



https://www.auniontech.com/ueditor/file/20200527/1590543926800581.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0NDbCYyLb4yOdc_hO3CRzKhxAk_q3m15Kq3iD0DUC6vVzTkKPp85K9Jsc

Video on NANOSENSORS™ Membrane-type Surface-stress Sensors (MSS) for olfactory sensing passes 2000 views markWed May 05 2021

The video on NANOSENSORS™ Membrane-type Surface-stress Sensors (MSS) for olfactory sensing has passed the 2000 views mark. Thank you all for watching. The NANOSENSORS™ Membrane-type Surface-stress Sensor – MSS is a non-packaged MEMS sensor, a silicon membrane platform supported with four beams on which piezoresistors are embedded. It is mainly dedicated to R&D in the […]

#Enose #nanomechanicalsensor #odorsensingsystems #olfactorysensingsystems #sniffer #torquemagnetometry

New blog post from NanoWorld® - Pb2+ Uptake by Magnesite: The Competition between Thermodynamic Driving Force and Reaction KineticsMon May 03 2021

Pb2+ Uptake by Magnesite: The Competition between Thermodynamic Driving Force and Reaction Kinetics

When they are in put in contact with carbonate minerals dangerous environmental pollutants such as Pb2+ and Cd2+ are taken up by the solid phase assemblage and can be removed from aqueous solutions.* As carbonates can be found almost everywhere and are easily exploitable this makes them interesting materials for environmental remediation.* However, magnesite … Continue reading

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NanoWorld® Ultra-Short USC-F1.2-k0.15 were used for the video of human lectin CLEC4G binding to glycans on a SARS-CoV-2 spikeTue Apr 27 2021

#HighSpeedAFM video of human lectin CLEC4G binding to glycans on a SARS-CoV-2 spike. Videos recorded by Daniel Canena & Peter Hinterdorfer at the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz. #Penningerlab #COVID19 #HSAFM #glycotime

NanoWorld® Ultra-Short USC-F1.2-k0.15 #AFMcantilevers https://www.nanoandmore.com/AFM-Probe-USC-F1.2-k0.15 were used for the #videorateatomicforcemicroscopy

NANOSENSORS™ adds new Membrane-type Surface-stress Sensors (MSS) type for liquid applications to Special Developments ListMon Apr 26 2021

NANOSENSORS™ adds new Membrane-type Surface-stress Sensors (MSS) type for liquid applications to Special Developments List

The Membrane-type Surface-stress Sensor (MSS) is a device to detect specific components in gaseous phase with high sensitivity using a piezoresistive nanomechanical sensor. This device shows great potential as a core component for artificial- (electric-) nose sensors/systems utilized in e.g., medical, food, environment, safety and security fields. Read more on NANOSENSORS™ Blog.

 

Now NANOSENSORS™ has added a new MSS sensor type, the “SD-MSS-1K2GP” – a nanomechanical sensor based on the MSS technology – to its Special Development list (http://www.nanosensors.com/pdf/SpecialDevelopmentsList.pdf).
Please also refer to: https://www.mss-sensor.com/ and the MSS Video https://youtu.be/JP_VoLrGVXs 

#ElectronicNose, #ElectronicSensing, #MembraneTypeSurfaceStressSensor, #MembraneTypeSurfaceStressSensorMSS, #MSS, #NanomechanicalSensing, #NanomechanicalSensor, #OdorSensing, #SmellSensing

Signal Origin of Electrochemical Strain Microscopy and Link to Local Chemical Distribution in Solid State Electrolytes via NANOSENSORS™Mon Apr 19 2021

Signal Origin of Electrochemical Strain Microscopy and Link to Local Chemical Distribution in Solid State Electrolytes

Solid state electrolytes (SSEs) are interesting materials that could potentially replace the currently used organic electrolytes in lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs). * Electrochemical strain microscopy (ESM), a research technique based on atomic force microscopy (AFM), was developed to locally probe ion movement in electrodes based on electro-chemo-mechanical coupling measure through the AFM cantilever deflection. It can […]

Want to find out which NANOSENSORS™ AFM probe was used for the research presented in this article or do you want the full citation and a direct link to the full research article? Then have a look at the NANOSENSORS™ blog to read more.

#AFMtipsamplecapacitance #materialsresearch #batteryresearch #AFMtips #AFM探针 #AFMカンチレバー #原子力显微镜

BudgetSensors® Tap150Al-G AFM probes used in a recent studyFri Apr 16 2021

Our Tap150Al-G AFM probes support the investigation of forming solid supported polymer membranes via vesicle fusion.

https://pubs.rsc.org/…/conte…/articlehtml/2021/nr/d1nr01122g

#AFMProbes #AtomicForceMicroscopy #polymermembranes #vesiclefusion

Van der Waals heterojunctions create new platform for photovoltaic and photodetector design via nanotoolsThu Apr 15 2021

Van der Waals heterojunctions create new platform for photovoltaic and photodetector design.

https://www.nanotools.com/…/van-der-waals-heterojunctions…

#AFM #metrology #topography #microscopy #nanotechnology

High-speed atomic force microscopy highlights new molecular mechanism of daptomycin action via NanoWorld®Wed Apr 14 2021

High-speed atomic force microscopy highlights new molecular mechanism of daptomycin action

The current pandemic is not the only health threat worldwide. Another worry is the increasing antibiotic resistance which increases the fear to run out of effective antibiotics. This is one of the reasons why antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are gaining more and more interest. The lipopeptide Daptomycin ( DAP ) has been used as a …more

#biophysics #imagingofbiomolecules #DrugMembraneInteractions #HSAFM #VideoRateAtomicForceMicroscopy #高速AFMカンチレバー #AFMprobes

MikroMasch® AFM Probes in a recent studyTue Apr 06 2021

Our HQ:NSC36/Al BS AFM probes take part in this study of the interaction between Aβ42 oligomers and aggregation inhibitors with infrared nanospectroscopy.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20782-0#Abs1

#AFMProbes #AtomicForceMicroscopy #infraredspectroscopy

NANOSENSORS™ AFM probes for Magnetic Force MicroscopyWed Mar 31 2021

NANOSENSORS™ offers six different types of AFM probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy ( MFM) for scanning and investigating sample surfaces with magnetic features: PPP-MFMR – AFM tip with hard magnetic coating, sensitivity, resolution and coercivity designed for standard magnetic force microscopy applications PPP-LM-MFMR – designed for magnetic force microscopy with reduced disturbance of the magnetic […]

#磁力显微镜 #MFMカンチレバー #MFMprobes #AFMprobes