City Campus: Building 4, cnr Harris Street and Thomas street, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia

Building 1, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia

The Microstructural Analysis Unit (MAU)
Building 4, cnr Harris Street and Thomas street, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
p: + 61 2 9514 7817
f: + 61 2 9514 1703
mau@uts.edu.au

Director, MAU
Associate Professor Matthew Philip
p: + 61 2 9514 1620
f: + 61 2 9514 1703
Matthew.Philip@uts.edu.au

Postal address:
Microstructural Analysis Unit
Faculty of Science
University of Technology, Sydney
P.O. Box 123
Broadway, NSW 2007
Australia

Scanning probe microscopes (SPM)

Digital Instruments Dimension™ 3100 AFM

The Dimension™ 3100 is a very versatile scanning probe microscope that can operate in a number of modes, e.g. contact, tapping, STM, EMF, Force volume etc.

It has a maximum lateral scan range of 100 x 100 micrometers and has around 5 micrometers in the Z (vertical) direction.

The sample stage can accommodate large specimens up to 15 cm in breadth and the on board video camera allows easy surface inspection and precise tip positioning.

A wet cell also enables the imaging of biological samples while in buffered solution.

Digital Instruments Multimode Scanning Probe Microscope with Conductive AFM

The Digital Instruments Multimode Scanning Probe Microscope is a low noise, high resolution scanning probe microscope that can image down to the atomic scale with ease.

It operates in a number of modes, e.g. contact, tapping, STM, EMF, Force volume and CAFM. It has a maximum lateral scan range of 12 x 12 micrometers and has around 3 micrometers in the Z (vertical) direction.

"CAFM" is short for conductive atomic force microscope. The tip is scanned as in contact mode, with a bias being applied to either tip or sample. With a current sensitivity down to pico amps, it has the ability to map conductivity of surfaces, or to perform current-voltage spectroscopy at features of interest.

The sample stage can accommodate specimens up to 12 mm in breadth.

A wet cell also enables the imaging of biological samples while in buffered solution.

Nanosurf Easyscan Tunnelling microscope

The NANOSURF EASYSCAN is a dedicated low noise, high-resolution scanning tunnelling microscope (STM). The primary use of this instrument is for the characterisation of surfaces at the atomic or molecular scale.

Its maximum lateral scan range is 250 x 250 nm whilst its maximum Z (vertical) range is 200 nm. The maximum size of samples that can be accommodated is around 7 mm in diameter.

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