PeakForce Tapping Gains Rapid Adoption as Revolutionary AFM Mode
November 26 2012 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Bruker announced today at the 2012 Materials Research Society
(MRS) Fall Meeting that its exclusive PeakForce Tapping™
technology has recently surpassed the 100 peer-reviewed publication
mark. This rate of adoption is even greater than Bruker’s
TappingMode™, which since its launch in the early 1990s, has been
considered the primary imaging mode of scanning probe microscopy.
PeakForce Tapping is the enabling technology behind Bruker’s
suite of proprietary imaging modes that are bringing unprecedented
atomic resolution imaging and ease of use to quantitative
nanomechanical and nanoelectrical AFM characterization in
biological and material science applications.
“By applying a precisely controlled, extremely low force
response curve at every pixel, PeakForce Tapping protects
both fragile probes and samples with no decrease in image
resolution,” said Mark R. Munch, Ph.D., President, Bruker MAT Group
and Bruker Nano Surfaces Division. “This benefits our customers in
many ways, from being able to use AFM with a broader range of
samples and achieve true atomic resolution to our patented
ScanAsyst®, which automatically and continuously monitors image
quality and makes the appropriate parameter adjustments.”
“More and more PeakForce Tapping technology is becoming a
core building block for advanced mechanical, electrical, and
chemical nano-characterization,” added David V. Rossi, Executive
Vice President and General Manager of Bruker's AFM Business. “We
are further functionalizing this technology through packages such
as PeakForce QNM®, which leverages the force response data of
PeakForce Tapping to obtain quantitative nanomechanical
information over a wide range. Other recent enhancements based on
this technology include advanced conductivity mapping with
PeakForce TUNA™ and surface potential mapping with PeakForce KPFM™.
Only Bruker AFMs give users full access to these powerful new
capabilities.”
About PeakForce Tapping
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 analyzes this data real time to obtain quantitative
nanomechanical information. ScanAsyst automates PeakForce Tapping,
saving time and effort for all AFM users. PeakForce Tapping
has also been integrated into several electrical characterization
modes, allowing users to investigate electrical properties
simultaneously with nanomechanical characteristics and
topography.
About Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR)
Bruker Corporation is a leading provider of high-performance
scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials
research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. For more
information about Bruker Corporation, please visit
www.bruker.com.
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