Nanomechanical Imaging

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the availability of its nanomechanical imaging technique, AM-FM Viscoelastic Mapping Mode, for its entire line of Cypher and MFP-3D atomic force microscopes (AFMs).

AM-FM Viscoelastic Mapping Mode lets you quickly and gently image viscoelastic properties including storage modulus and loss tangent with nanoscale spatial resolution. The imaging mode is suited for quantitative nanomechanical measurements on materials such as polymers, composites, biomaterials, ceramics, and metals. The toolkit can measure both the elastic storage modulus and the viscous loss modulus or loss tangent over a wide range of materials. Based on normal tapping mode it is simple and stable to operate. It is also compatible with small cantilevers for fast scanning and reduced noise.