ICSPI

We make the world's fastest and most intuitive atomic force microscopes.

Pronounced "eye-see-spy"

[Communitech @Communitech]

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 👇
https://t.co/K9LlT3wKhi

@WaterlooEDC

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

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

[Velocity @UWVelocity]

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

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

@BreakingTaps Congrats! Looks like the AFM still needs to be set up🧐

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

DIY epoxy lenses🔍

Characterized with the nGauge #AFM🔬!

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

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)! 😅

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

The most mundane things can look so cool at the nanoscale. Even glass cleaner residue🤓

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

@icspicorp It really does! Couldn't resist the urge and decided to render it out in 3D 🤩

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

@BreakingTaps Makes for some awesome AFM images though

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

We are at @Materials_MRS Boston today!

Visit us at Booth 808 to see the nGauge #AFM in action!

#F21MRS

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

We will be at @Materials_MRS #F21MRS in Boston tomorrow!

Join us at Booth 808 to learn more about the nGauge AFM and to see it in action!

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

Another awesome video from @BreakingTaps!

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

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

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

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

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

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

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

This was a fun project, thanks for the writeup @hackaday! Cheers to the brave cetus3d printer that made the Macro-AFM possible too 😇

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

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

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

Excited that you have one in the shop!

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

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

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

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.

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

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.

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

Our diamond tips enable entirely new applications with the nGauge: high-resolution nanoparticle and nanostructure imaging, high-aspect ratio trenches and other demanding applications.

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

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!

[ICSPI @icspicorp]

We like to think so too!

Awesome scans @BreakingTaps!

[BreakingTaps @BreakingTaps]

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