Waterloo Region tech isn't just software. Startups like @icspicorp are helping grow the local hardware and semiconductor ecosystem.
Read about how @icspicorp is changing the game 👇
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We're back!
Introducing the Redux AFM - a game-changing, automated atomic force microscope.
With Redux, scientists and engineers can effortlessly collect quantitative 3D data at the nanoscale.
Learn more and check out the video on our website:
https://t.co/FHiDZMNm0H
Borne out of @UWaterloo research, @icspicorp has released the first automated atomic force microscope – making the nanoworld visible in minutes and advancing scientific discovery.
Read more: https://t.co/DdxOpEAa41
New video: making lenses out of epoxy
https://t.co/z0t2U0qJvD
I was originally working on mirrors but the process is slow, so I started multi-tasking and playing around with lens casting too. The results are almost usable too (if you squint)! 😅
I made a microlens array!
Wasn't the original plan; I was working on something else. But stumbled into an oddity while debugging, chased that thread and ended up with a technique to etch microlenses. They even (sorta) focus light! 😇
https://t.co/nCqblQsk5L
I scanned a bunch of flat and smooth objects, and discovered that it's ironically rather hard to scan something without any features :) Pretty cool to see the differences in magnitude though! Gage block looks like a topo map of some mountains!
https://t.co/gTMYmv6Ko2
1.2x1.2 μm scan of an opal, just look at those nanoparticles! Opals are such cool gemstones, much more interesting than boring ol' carbons in a diamond 😜 More scans of the opal in this week's Micrograph Monday: https://t.co/rlInswo9K1
I'm sitting on a bunch of cool data/images that I've collected and really want to share it with folks! So I'm starting a new "Micrograph Monday" segment. Quick videos with minimal editing to show interesting AFM, optical or other instrumentation data :)
https://t.co/24Pxk63x9m
I recently got my hands on an nGauge AFM from @icspicorp, so I built a "Macro-AFM" to help demonstrate how tapping-mode AFMs work. It even makes nice scans! https://t.co/LXZsxwE4Qx
Wedge tips
A unique sharpened cantilever design provides robustness, consistently and value. Ideal for general-purpose imaging, pre-screening samples, step heights and many other applications.
The wait is finally over!
We are thrilled to announce two new products to the nGauge #AFM product line-up. More info here: https://t.co/nI35n3FXCh
Sharp, diamond-like carbon tips
These are our highest-resolution tips yet, offering <20 nm tip radius on a >1 μm spike.
Our diamond tips enable entirely new applications with the nGauge: high-resolution nanoparticle and nanostructure imaging, high-aspect ratio trenches and other demanding applications.
Something big is coming to ICSPI (but also something very, very small).
We are bringing #AFM-on-a-chip to a new level of resolution.
Stay tuned for the announcement on May 4!
AFM IS SO COOL!
Some scans of my selective silicon doping experiments from a while back. Lookit those ripples! Need to pull out my notes and start categorizing the different laser parameters