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Bruker- NEW Inspire Nanoscale Chemical Mapping System

Bruker announced the release of Inspire™, the first integrated scanning probe microscopy (SPM) infrared system for 10-nanometer spatial resolution in chemical and materials property mapping. The new and unique Inspire system incorporates Bruker''s proprietary PeakForce IR™ mode to enable nanoscale infrared reflection and absorption mapping for a wide range of applications, including the characterization of microphases and their interfaces in polymer blends, plasmons in the two-dimensional electron gas of graphene, and chemical heterogeneity in complex materials and thin films.

The Inspire system features sensitivity down to molecular monolayers, even on samples not amenable to standard atomic force microscopy techniques. Inspire utilizes fully integrated infrared scattering, scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM) optics, point-and-click alignment, and the full suite of exclusive PeakForce Tapping® technologies found on Bruker''s performance-leading AFMs, from ScanAsyst® self-optimization to quantitative PeakForce QNM® nanomechanics and PeakForce KPFM™ work function measurements. The resulting Inspire solution now provides instant access to the highest resolution chemical, plasmonics, nanomechanical, and electrical characterization for new scientific research and nano-analytical frontiers.

Inspire is a scanning probe based nanoscale characterization system that extends atomic force microscopy into the chemical regime by providing infrared absorption and reflection imaging down to a spatial resolution of 10 nanometers utilizing scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM). Inspire includes all optics, detectors and configurable sources, as well as all AFM hardware and software for atomic resolution imaging in a compact and robust integrated package. Inspire also comes with Bruker''s new PeakForce IR mode, which builds on Bruker''s exclusive PeakForce Tapping direct force control technology. PeakForce IR overcomes the limitations of contact and of TappingMode™, and thus of traditional near-field optical and photothermal approaches to nanoscale infrared imaging. It also avoids sample damage from lateral forces, retaining highest resolution on soft polymers, and enables high-resolution imaging of polymer brushes and even powders. PeakForce IR includes ScanAsyst self-optimization and PeakForce QNM for instantly correlated nanomechanical data.

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