Agar Scientific Part of Calibre Scientific Agar Scientific – Microscopy & Lab Supplies at your Fingertips With over forty years experience as a leading international supplier, Agar Scientific specialises in consumables and equipment in support of all forms of microscopy. Our aim is to meet the needs of all those working in Biological Science and Material Science related fields. We provide a fast, efficient service ensuring microscopists can purchase, with ease, from our extensive range of quality specialist materials and equipment. Our technical team, who have a wide practical experience in specimen preparation and microscopy techniques, are on hand to offer experienced technical advice. Website: – https://www.agarscientific.com/

AS ONE CORPORATION AS ONE CORPORATION, 90 years of history, is a Japanese leading manufacture and trading company specialized for laboratory instruments and consumables. AS ONE CORPORATION provide 3 million items to all over the world including the products of industrial (MRO), cleanroom and food hygiene. All products in one place at your fingertips, and includes: – 1. Lab Instruments & Supplies: 2. Factory Work Tools & Supplies: 3. Clean Room/Anti-Static Supplies: 4. Medical, Nursing & Care Products: 5. Food Sanitation & Inspection: Website: – https://www.axel-gl.com/en/

BudgetSensors Since 2001 BudgetSensors Stands for: 1. Full range of standard AFM probes 2. Best quality/price ratio on the market 3. Fast Delivery 4. Efficient, quick and competent customer support Website: – https://www.budgetsensors.com/

Micro To Nano (Innovative Microscopy Supplies) Micro to Nano is a truly European company specialised in innovative, practical and useful microscopy supplies for electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy techniques. It is a family owned business and with a combined experience of over 70 years in electron microscopy, X-ray analysis, sample preparation, imaging technology and product distribution, we have a deep understanding of the needs of our customers Most of the microscopy supplies, and especially the electron microscopy supplies, are designed by us and manufactured by our network of highly specialized partner companies. This enables us to supply our customers with state-of-the-art, high quality products needed for the task at hand. High quality microscopy supplies and consumables are essential for microscopy specimen preparation and for producing optimum results. Successful specimen preparation is a crucial step in getting the best images and reliable data from your samples. One of our core strengths is working with our customers to bring new and innovative products to the microscopy marketplace. Our list of products is constantly increasing and we invite you, our customer, to browse our website and to discover the innovative, unique, high quality products we offer. If you don’t find what you are looking for, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Website: – https://www.microtonano.com/

MikroMasch AFM Tips (World’s Most Trusted Value Brand) The HQ Series is MikroMasch well-established state-of-the-art manufacturing and quality control technology. HQ probes are distinguished by their high quality and repeatability of characteristics. In particular, the probes have very consistent tip shape and radius, cantilever stiffness and resonance frequency, and laser reflectivity even for uncoated cantilevers. 1. Radius of Curvature. The radius of curvature measures the sharpness of a particular probe. Typically, the sharper the curvature radius the more fragile a silicon tip is. Conversely, a larger curvature radius provides greater durability but reduces the benefits of a sharper tip. Achieving a consistent balance delivers reliable and accurate results. 94% of HQ probes have a radius of curvature between 7 and 10nm. 2. Tip Shape Factor. A higher value indicates a higher aspect ratio probe. A tighter range of values indicates a more consistent tip shape. Results of the tip shape factor tests show consistent and close grouping of data. Known tip shape ensures the accuracy of results. 92% of HQ probes have an aspect ratio between 1.4 and 1.8. 3. Resonance Frequency. Probes are designed to maintain a tight range of resonance frequencies. Reliability in cantilever specifications ensures dependable measurement results. Website: – https://www.spmtips.com/

NUNANO (A Nu approach to AFM probes) NuNano is a UK-based company specialising in the design and manufacture of probes for atomic force microscopy and cantilever-based sensor devices. It was founded in 2011 by Dr James Vicary and Professors Heinrich Hoerber and Mervyn Miles to bring new manufacturing methods and exemplary levels of customer service to an industry broadly unchanged in 20 years. 1. Probes Conductive – (SPARK Range) High quality conductive AFM probes with a platinum coating for nanoscale electrical characterisation. These are manufactured to the tightest dimensional tolerances in the market, offering minimal variation in spring constant and resonant frequency. Applications of these probes – Electrical AFM measurements including conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM), piezo-response microscopy (PFM), electrostatic force microscopy (EFM), scanning kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM), scanning impedance microscopy (SIM) etc. 2. Probes – General Imaging (SCOUT Range) High quality silicon AFM probes for general purpose imaging in AC modes (non-contact/tapping/soft-tapping) in air. These are manufactured to the tightest dimensional tolerances in the market, offering minimal variation in spring constant and resonant frequency. Available uncoated or with aluminium or gold reflective backside coating. Website: – https://www.nunano.com/

Optimized Positioning Upon Sample (OPSU) 1. Special Tip Shape: The tip is located exactly at the end of the cantilever, which allows exact positioning of the tip apex over the region of interest on the sample surface. 2. Consistent cantilever and tip properties: State-of-the-art manufacturing process ensures consistency in cantilever and tip properties. High quality factor, smooth resonance curves, good cantilever reflectivity and excellent tip sharpness are some of the many advantages you can count on with every single OPUS silicon microcantilever. 3. Industry standard holder chips: OPUS microcantilever holder chips have industry standard dimensions (3.4 x 1.6 x 0.315mm) and fit all AFM systems that use unmounted probes. The individual cantilever models feature alignment grooves on the back surface of the chip. 4. High quality base silicon material: All OPUS silicon microcantilevers are manufactured from highly n-doped mono-crystalline silicon with resistivity in the range 0.01 – 0.025Ω-cm for static charge dissipation. The cantilever and chip surface is a (100) plane and the cantilevers point in the direction. Website: – https://www.opustips.com/

SPI Supplies Division of Structure Probe, Inc. The SPI Supplies Division of Structure Probe, Inc. was started in 1975 and is now known worldwide as a leading manufacturer and distributor of sample preparation equipment and consumable supply items for the routine operation of the typical SEM, TEM, LM, SPM and surface analysis laboratory. The SPI Supplies website has become the world’s “reference resource” for information about microscopy sample preparation and equipment maintenance items. We are also known as the innovator in our corner of the microscopy and microanalysis market, being the first to bring to commercial realization now familiar products such as colloidal gold probes and silicon nitride membrane window grids. Perhaps most importantly, with our own in-house SEM and TEM capabilities, we can quality inspect our products before final packaging. We can duplicate customer problems and give them solutions. No other firm serving our end of the microscopy and microanalysis market can come close to providing such a high level service. Website: – https://www.2spi.com/

sQube 1. Colloidal AFM Probes Colloidal probes are AFM probes with а spherical colloidal particle attached to the free end of the AFM cantilever by a suitable adhesive. They are commonly used for force measurements on different samples in air and liquids. Website: – https://www.sqube.com/