Product Description:

The new PointProbe^®Plus (PPP) combines the well-known features of the proven PointProbe^®series such as high application versatility and compatibility with most commercial SPMs with a further reduced and more reproducible tip radius as well as a more defined tip shape. The excellent tip radius and the minimized variation in tip shape provide more reproducible images and enhanced resolution.

The NANOSENSORS™ PPP-CONTSCAuD is an alternative cantilever type for contact mode applications. The length of cantilever is reduced with respect to the preferred contact mode type enabling easier exchange with non-contact mode probes for some AFM instruments. Additionally, this probe type allows the application for lateral or friction force mode.

 
    The probe offers unique features:

        - excellent tip radius of curvature
        - highly doped to dissipate static charge
        - Au coating on detector side of cantilever
        - chemically inert
        - precise alignment of the cantilever position (within +/- 2 µm) in conjunction with the usage of the
          alignment chip
        - compatible with PointProbe^® Plus XY-Alignment Series

This product features alignment grooves on the back side of the holder chip.

Application Modes:

• AFM Probes for Biological Applications / Soft Contact Measurements
• Contact Mode AFM Probes

AFM Probe Specifications:

AFM Cantilever(s):

cant.	shape	length	width	thickness	force const.	res. freq.	probe base
	beam	225 µm (215 - 235 µm)*	48 µm (40 - 55 µm)*	1 µm (0.1 - 2 µm)*	0.2 N/m (0.01 - 1.87 N/m)*	23 kHz (1 - 57 kHz)*

AFM Tips:

cant.	shape	tip height	tip set back	tip radius	full cone angle	half cone angle
	Standard	0 µm	0 - 0 µm*	0 µm (0 - 0 µm)*	< 7 nm (< 10 nm guaranteed)

* guaranteed range

Coating:

A metallic layer (gold) is coated on the detector side of the cantilever which enhances the reflectivity of the laser beam by a factor of about 2.5. Furthermore it prevents light from interfering within the cantilever. The virtually stress-free coating is bending the cantilever less than 2 % of the cantilever length.

Probes Datasheets:

Datasheet for all AFM probes with sets of 10 or 20 probes