NanoCraft
User oriented research for technical and biological surfaces
As spin off from Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPI-KGF) we take
on compact projects of research about Nano-, Bio- and Surface Technology. With
costly deve loped methods in SEM and SPM, NanoCraft is unique in imaging surfaces conventional (topographic, elastic) as well as chemical sensitive down to molecular scale.
Chemical Force Microscopy in combination with Digital Pulsed Force Mode
NanoCraft (Research & Development) combined the self developed Chemical Force
Microscopy with the Digital Pulsed Force Mode, this opened for the first time the
possibility of chemical and also biological force mapping of technical and biological
surfaces on nano- and µ-scale. It is now possible to determine and image several
interaction fo rces like H-Bonds, van der Waals, hydrophobic, ionic and polar
interactions. Parallel to Adhesion Force Imaging it is also possible to image further
physical properties like elasticity and viscosity. With the options of LFI (Low Force
Imaging), HRI (High Roughness Imaging) and the possibility of measuring in different media, the investigation of interfaces is getting a new dimension of quality. This unique analytical service is offered exclusively by NanoCraft in the frame of mission oriented research.
- Topography / roughness
- Chemical contrasts (CH3, NH2, OH,COOH, CF3?)
- Biological interactions (enzymes, antibodies?)
- Intermolecular forces
- Adhesion forces/adhesion energy
- Contrasts of elasticity
- Electrical and magnetic interactions
- van der Waals Forces
- Profile of NanoCraft (PDF, chinese)
- Profile of NanoCraft (PDF, english)
- Profile of NanoCraft (PDF, japanese)