SPM Manufacturers

Manufacturers of Scanning Probe Microscopes and Accessories

Instrumentation | Accessories | Software

SPM Instrumentation These are commercially available from several competing firms, including those listed below in alphabetical order. Inclusion in this list is a courtesy and does not constitute any recommendation or warranty on behalf of any company listed. Many of these firms offer general-purpose instruments that can handle a variety of imaging modes, while others are more specialized. A number of physical scientists have built their own instruments or custom parts for specific applicatons. Several web sites provide resources for those who wish to construct their own instruments.

DME - Danish Micro Engineering A/S Herlev, Denmark	PSIA Corp. Sungnam, Korea
JPK Instruments AG Berlin, Germany	QuantomiX Nes-Ziona, Israel
NT-MDT, Molecular Devices and Tools for Nanotechnology, Moscow, Russia	Quesant Instruments, Agoura Hills, CA
Molecular Imaging Corporation, Phoenix, AZ.	RHK Technology, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI
Nanosurf AG, Liestal, Switzerland	Surface Imaging Systems GmbH, Herzogenrath, Germany
Nanotec Electronica Madrid, Spain	Triple-O Microscopy GmbH, Potsdam, Germany
Novascan Technologies, Inc. Ames, IA	Veeco Metrology Group Woodbury, NY
Omicron Vacuumphysik GmbH, Taunusstein, Germany
Veeco Metrology Group was formed through the merger of Digital Instruments, Santa Barbara, CA and TM Microscopes, formerly ThermoMicroscopes, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Merged brands also include Topometrix and Park Scientific Instruments.

Accessories

SPM accessories include probe tips, calibration gratings, software, sample preparation supplies, etc. Many of these items are available from the SPM instrument makers listed above, but also from microscopy dealers and more specialized suppliers. A few of the specialized dealers are listed below as a courtesy. Inclusion in this list does not constitute any recommendation or warranty on behalf of any company listed. If you know of one that is not listed, send me a message.

Third-party software for SPM image and force curve analysis is also available.

Advanced Surface Microscopy, Inc. (ASM)
Indianapolis, IN
ASM is an SPM services company that also is a dealer in used SPM equipment and provides SPM software, and supplies, including calibration gratings.

Infinitesima Limited
UK
Maker of the ActivResonance Controller, which improves the performance of force microscopes, especially when working in liquid environment. The ability to control the character of the cantilever resonance leads to enhanced image contrast and reduced deformation of soft samples.

Innovative Solutions Bulgaria (ISB-BudgetSensors)
Sofia, Bulgaria

"The products of ISB - BudgetSensors (TM) are high-quality silicon SPM probes that fit to all well-known and commercially used Atomic Force Microscopes. We are offering different SPM probe types for different measuring modes."

K-TEK International, Inc.
Portland, Oregon
K-Tek International is the US dealer for MicroMesch supplies from Silicon-MDT.

MikroMasch
Tallinn, Estonia
MikroMasch supplies Ultrasharp SPM tips, calibration gratings and special micromechanical structures.

NANOSENSORS GmbH & Co. KG
Wetzlar-Blankenfeld, Germany
"We are a small company that has become the world leading manufacturer of probes for scanning probe microscopy."

NanoTOOLS GmbH
Lenting / Germany
"Customer-optimized High Density Carbon scanning probes (HDC) for Atomic Force Microscopy"

Novascan Technologies, Inc.
Ames, Iowa
Novascan fabricates atomic force microscope probes and surfaces with specific chemistries, molecules, linkers and particles.

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