Nanoscale Imaging Has Never Been Easier

Collect nanoscale topography data on your benchtop in three clicks with the nGauge AFM.

ICSPI has integrated all of the components of a traditional AFM onto a single 1 mm x 1 mm chip to create the world’s first single-chip AFM. That means that 250 AFMs can fit on the face of a penny.

The nGauge AFM uses micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) to control the X, Y and Z position of the tip. This means that no alignment of lasers is required.

The nGauge is the smallest AFM in the world. Because the entire unit weighs less than 500 grams, the nGauge rejects building vibrations, so no vibration isolation table is needed, which makes the nGauge a true benchtop AFM.

What can I use AFM for?

AFM provides topographical data of a surface. That means that you can look at the shape and size of individual features, such as the pits on a DVD, or look at the particle density, such as the number of nanoparticles in an area.

The nGauge AFM can be used to investigate surfaces where the features are up to 10 µm tall. It’s tricky to pinpoint a lower limit, but the RMS noise in the vertical (z) direction of the nGauge is 1 nanometre (nm). So, depending on your requirements, features as small as 5–10 nm can be imaged with the nGauge with acceptable accuracy.

To put what a nanometer is into perspective, a quarter (25-cent coin) is about 2 cm wide. An E. coli bacterium cell is 2 µm wide (10,000× smaller than a quarter). And the diameter of a DNA helix is 2 nm (1,000× smaller than a bacterium).

Pre-Packaged Solutions for Industry

In nearly four decades of serving customers across many industries, LabVantage has learned what it takes to deliver the functionality and workflows those customers need, and want. But instead of continuing costly, risk-prone customizations, we’ve packaged that knowledge into industry-specific versions of LabVantage LIMS to speed deployment, without sacrificing functionality.

The TD4 is a compact ring/plate tensiometer, which, as a standalone device, offers maximum ease of use in research and development, as well as for quality control.

The graphic operating unit with touch-screen enables accurate tracking of measurements (even time-dependent measurements).

The pre-programmed standard methods, the GLP-compliant user management system, the optional equipment with a small Peltier-based thermostat (PTT+) and the intuitive user guiding make the TD4 a compact and precise measuring instrument.

VROC® powered viscometers require small samples and are quick and easy to obtain accurate viscosity measurements. RheoSense’s proprietary technology powers all of our viscometers; enabling ease of use, smaller samples, and a wider dynamic range (shear rate and temperature).

Ideal for the range of 1.5 to 2,600 µm. They are autoclavable and therefore suited for CIP (cleaning in place) and SIP (sterilization in place).

Individual customization possibilities for your process’s needs

• Length
• Pressure resistance
• Temperature
• Material

For corrosive mediums, the parts of the system that come into contact can be fashioned out of C22 Hastelloy or titanium. The SOPAT stick probes are mesoscopic incident light probes and can be equipped with a U-Light as a transmission probe if desired.

Application examples for particle analysis with the SOPAT Mesoscopic probes

• Emulsions
• Chocolate
• Grinding processes such as ball mills
• Fluid bed granulation
• Spray drying
• Polymerization
• Crystallization
• Dispersion