Equipment manager
Richard Thorogate
Equipment manufacturer
Bruker
Equipment model
Nanowizard 1
Equipment technique
Deputy equipment manager
Bart Hoogenboom
Equipment Location
The LCN currently has one Bruker Nanowizard 1 AFM mainly to provide high resolution imaging and mechanical information of biological samples using a closed feedback loop to ensure precise positioning in the X,Y and Z dimensions. The AFM head is used with either inverted or upright optics and can be stationed on an Olympus FV1000 confocal system.
Modes of operation:
- Contact Mode
- Intermittent Contact Mode
- Force Spectroscopy
- Force Mapping
- Force Modulation
- Manipulation
- Micro Rheology