Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the most versatile characterisation methods. AFM performs scanning probe microscopy, scanning the surface of a material with a nanoscale cantilever, either through direct contact or through oscillating the cantilever just above the surface. When the cantilever is positioned in close proximity to the surface, forces between the tip and the sample lead to deflection of the cantilever, which is then measured with a laser signal reflected to a photodiode detector. The properties of the material surface such as topography, mechanical properties and tip-surface interaction forces can then be generated leading to an understanding of the material surface at the nanoscale. AFM has a wide range of applications including nanoscale materials and surface characterisation, electrical materials characterisation, interaction forces and mechanical properties mapping. Bio AFM is useful for pharmaceutical studies, immunology studies, biosensing applications, antibody/antigen binding studies, as well as intra-molecular studies such as protein folding.

List of available equipment
TOOL MAKE AND MODEL
LOCATION
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Asylum Research Cypher
ANFF QLD UQ - AIBN
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Asylum Research Cypher ES
ANFF MATERIALS Newcastle
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Asylum Research MFP3D-BIO
ANFF VIC La Trobe
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Asylum Research MFP3D-SA
ANFF VIC La Trobe
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Bio NanoWizard
ANFF VIC MCN
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Bruker Dimension Edge
ANFF NSW UNSW
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Bruker Dimension Icon PFTUNA
ANFF VIC MCN
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Bruker Dimension Icon XR
ANFF QLD UQ - AIBN
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Bruker Icon
ANFF NSW USYD
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Bruker MultiMode 8
ANFF SA
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Cypher
ANFF VIC Uni Melbourne
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Digital Instruments DI3000
ANFF NSW UNSW
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Dimension Icon
ANFF VIC MCN
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), JPK NanoWizard 4XP
ANFF QLD UQ - AIBN
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), MFP3D
ANFF VIC Uni Melbourne
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Nanosurf CoreAFM
ANFF ACT
Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Park Systems NX20
ANFF QLD Griffith
Raman Spectroscopy System, Horiba / Nanonics XploRA / MultiView 4000
ANFF SA Flinders