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Newsletter 3/2008

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The World’s Highest Resolution Closed Loop AFM
With the Cypher AFM, you can do things that are simply not possible with other AFMs. Here are some examples of how the Cypher AFM can help you decode the nanoworld.
Closed loop image of extracellular face of bacteriorhodopsin in buffer, 50nm scan.
Closed loop image of Lambda digest DNA imaged in buffer, 530nm scan.
Closed loop Dual AC Mode image of collagen. Second mode amplitude is overlaid on topography, 300nm scan.
Closed loop image of domains of surfactant hemi-micelles surrounding a defect on graphite, 200nm scan.
Closed loop image of cleavage defects on graphite surface, 1.7µm scan.
Closed loop image of surface potential overlaid on topography of a biased electrode. Voltage drop ~1V, 20µm scan.

Introducing the Cypher™ AFM

The World's Highest Resolution AFM

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The Cypher System.

Break the Nanocode with the Next Generation of AFM! You’ve been expecting something genuinely new from the AFM/SPM industry, but for many years you’ve only seen tweaks to old technology. Now Asylum Research introduces the Cypher™ AFM, the first totally new small sample AFM/SPM in over a decade. More capability, more control, more functionality, more modularity, and more resolution – all with striking ease of use.

Join us for the Cypher Reception as it Makes its Debut at MRS Boston!

Closed loop atomic resolution using sensors in all three axes ensures the highest resolution and most accurate images possible today. With the Cypher AFM, you no longer have to choose between the accuracy and control of closed loop and the low noise of open loop. Asylum’s third generation NanoPositioning System (NPS™) sensors are the quietest in the world today. With positioning accuracies better than 60 picometers in X, Y and Z, you not only achieve atomic resolution in closed loop, you also get the most accurate measurements, positioning and nanomanipulation possible.

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Closed loop STM showing graphite atoms, 6nm scan.

Designed from the Ground Up for Superior System-Wide Performance

Cypher’s proprietary system-level mechanical design is inherently immune to normal environmental vibration, eliminating the need for additional isolation add-ons for most labs. The integrated system enclosure includes thermal control and provides additional acoustic isolation for noisy environments. This system-level design creates images of atomically flat samples that are free of periodic noise. Cypher also features unimpeded 180 degree optical/mechanical access to your samples and a small 40x42cm footprint that conserves lab space.

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The system-level design creates images of atomically flat samples that are free of periodic noise.

Interchangeable modules broaden your options for applications and scanning modes. MultiLux™ source modules are available with laser diodes and low-coherence SLDs in a variety of spot sizes to provide optimal signal-to-noise over a wide range of cantilever lengths. Module exchange takes only a minute.

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MultiLux Optics The focused spot size can easily be changed to fit the size of the cantilever being used. Here, two different spot sizes are shown on two different cantilevers. The small spot has dimensions of 3x9µm.
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