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AFM Workshop LS-AFM User Manual

AFM Workshop LS-AFM User Manual (76 pages)

Brand: AFM Workshop | Category: Laboratory Equipment | Size: 11.32 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
1 Introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy

5
2 Introduction to the LS-AFM

6
- Computer
  6
- Stage
  6
- Ebox
  7
- Video Optical Microscope
  7
  - Top View Video Optical Microscope
    7
  - Inverted Optical Microscope
    7
3 Software

8
- Installation Procedure
  8
  - Gwyddion Image Analysis Software
    8
- AFM-View Software
  9
  - Pre-Scan Window
    9
    
    Files
    9
    
    Modes
    10
    
    Laser Align
    10
    
    Tune Frequency
    10
    
    Manual Z Motor Control
    11
    
    Range Check
    11
    
    Automated Tip Approach
    12
    
    Topo Scan Window
    12
    
    Image Window
    13
    
    Oscilloscope Window
    14
    
    Scan Setup
    15
    
    Z Feedback
    15
    
    Display
    16
    
    Tip Retract
    17
    
    Scan
    17
  - System Window
    17
    
    Tip Approach
    18
    
    Z Parameters
    18
    
    XYZ Calibration
    18
    
    XY Parameters
    19
    
    Other Controls
    19
  - Force Distance Curves
    20
- Video-View Software
  21
4 Measuring Images with the LS-AFM

22
- Operating the Video Microscope
  22
- Preparing Samples
  23
  - Exchanging Samples
    23
- Exchanging Probes
  24
- Aligning the Light Lever Force Sensor
  25
  - Tips for Aligning the Light Lever Force Sensor
    25
- Optically-Assisted Tip Approach
  26
- Contact Mode Imaging
  27
  - Pre-Scan Tab
    27
  - Topo Scan Tab
    29
- Vibrating Mode Imaging
  31
  - Pre-Scan Tab
    31
  - Topo Scan Tab
    33
5 Troubleshooting

35
- Saturation of the Photo-Detector
  35
- Sample Not Mounted Correctly
  35
- Probe Not Seated Correctly
  35
- Resonance Saturated
  36
- False Feedback
  36
- Scanner at End of Z Range
  36
- Defective Probe
  36
6 High Resolution Imaging

37
Appendix A: Setting U

41
- Selecting a Location
  
  41
- Setting up the Optical Microscopes
  
  41
  - Top View Optic
    41
  - Inverted Optical Microscope
    42
- Connecting the LS-AFM to the Cables
  
  43
- System Check
  
  43
- Aligning the Video Microscopes to the Cantilever
  
  43
  - Aligning the Top View Optic
    43
  - Aligning the Inverted Microscope with the Cantilever
    44
- First Alignment of the Light Lever
  
  45
- Grounding the LS-AFM
  
  46
Appendix B

47
- Parameter Files
  
  47
- Scanner Files
  
  48
- Data Files
  
  48
Appendix C: Calibratio

49
Appendix D: Noise Flo

53
Appendix E: Probes

55
Appendix F: Technica

56
- Electronic Block Diagrams
  
  56
- Ebox and Modes Pin Assignments
  
  57
Appendix G: Optimizin

58
Appendix H: Renamin

59
Appendix I: Analyzing Force/Distance Curves

60
Appendix I: Inverted Optical Microscope

62

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