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Season’s Greetings from NANOSENSORS AFM probes

by NANOSENSORS
20 December 202115 March 2023
News & Events

The snowman wishes everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

There is a snowman in the park! This is a sure sign that it is again time to wish all users of our AFM probes… Read More »Season’s Greetings from NANOSENSORS AFM probes

Find out more about NANOSENSORS AFM probes at MRS Fall 2021 this week

by NANOSENSORS
30 November 202115 March 2023
News & Events

NanoAndMore USA booth no 609 at MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 2021 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston

Our distributor NanoAndMore USA has a booth @Materials_MRS MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 2021 in Boston this week. Visit them at booth no. 609 and… Read More »Find out more about NANOSENSORS AFM probes at MRS Fall 2021 this week

Happy Swiss National Holiday with Smallest Swiss Cross

by NANOSENSORS
31 July 202115 March 2023
News & Events

We are celebrating today’s Swiss National Holiday courtesy of Basel University with the Smallest Swiss Cross – Made of 20 Single Atoms ( a NANOSENSORS… Read More »Happy Swiss National Holiday with Smallest Swiss Cross

Happy New Lunar Year!

by NANOSENSORS
10 February 202115 March 2023
News & Events

NANOSENSORS wishes you all a happy and successful year of the cow. Shiloutte of cows climbing up a hill.

We wish everyone a good start into the year of the bull/ox/cow!

Multi-Channel Exploration of O Adatom on TiO2(110) Surface by Scanning Probe Microscopy

by NANOSENSORS
5 October 202015 March 2023
Science & Technology

Figure 5. from “Multiple images of TiO2(110) surface with atomic resolution and corresponding line profiles” by Huan Fei Wen et al. (a) Frequency shift (∆f) image, (b) tunneling current () image and (c) local contact potential difference (VLCPD) image. (d,e) The line profiles along the blue line on the surface in (b,c). (f0 = 805 kHz, Q = 27623, ∆f = −260 Hz, VDC = 1.3 V, VAC = 1.5 V, A = 500 pm, size: 3.5 × 3.2 nm2). Multiple images of TiO2(110) surface with atomic resolution and corresponding line profiles. (a) Frequency shift (∆f) image, (b) tunneling current () image and (c) local contact potential difference (VLCPD) image. (d,e) The line profiles along the blue line on the surface in (b,c). (f0 = 805 kHz, Q = 27623, ∆f = −260 Hz, VDC = 1.3 V, VAC = 1.5 V, A = 500 pm, size: 3.5 × 3.2 nm2). - Ultrastiff NANOSENSORS SD-T10L100 AFM probes were used.

In the article “Multi-Channel Exploration of O Adatom on TiO2(110) Surface by Scanning Probe Microscopy” Huan Fei Wen, Yasuhiro Sugawara and Yan Jun describe how… Read More »Multi-Channel Exploration of O Adatom on TiO2(110) Surface by Scanning Probe Microscopy

Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure

by NANOSENSORS
24 August 202015 March 2023
Science & Technology

Figure 2 from “Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure” by Yadong Wang et al.: Electric-field-induced switching of individual skyrmion. The transferred average strain εave and corresponding magnetic domain evolution processes in the d ~ 350 nm a [Pt/Co/Ta]12 and b [Pt/Co/Ta]8 nano-dots in a cycle of E ranging from +10 to −10 kV cm−1. Positive εave (red dots) represents tensile strain while negative εave (blue dots) represents compressive strain. μ0H represents the external magnetic field except that from the MFM tip and here μ0H is equal to be 0 mT. The inset of b illustrates the spin texture of the magnetic domain that is encompassed by the red box. The stripe domain enclosed by the black box shows the initial state of the magnetic domain evolution path. The gray dots represent the corresponding electric field for the MFM images. The MFM contrast represents the MFM tip resonant frequency shift (Δf). The scale bar represents 250 nm. NANOSENSORS™ PPP-LM-MFMR low moment magnetic AFM probes were used

Electrical manipulation of skyrmions attracts considerable attention for its rich physics and promising applications. To date, such a manipulation is realized mainly via spin-polarized current… Read More »Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure

Happy Swiss National Holiday with Smallest Swiss Cross

by NANOSENSORS
1 August 202015 March 2023
News & Events

Basel University : Smallest Swiss Cross – Made of 20 Single Atoms ( a NANOSENSORS PointProbePlus PPP-NCL AFM probe was used for this image)