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===A rough overview of the performance of the AFM: Nanoman===
===An overview of the performance of the AFM: Nanoman===


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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Performance
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range xy|
Up to 90 µm square
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range z
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Scan range z
1 µm (can go up to 6µm with special settings)
|style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"| 1 µm (can go up to 6µm with special settings)
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution xy
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution xy
Down to 1.4 nm - accuracy better than 2%
|style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|Down to 1.4 nm - accuracy better than 2%
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Resolution z
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<1 Å - accuracy better than 2%
|style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|<1 Å - accuracy better than 2%
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.||style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Max. scan depth as a function of trench width W
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|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Max. scan depth as a function of trench width W
~1 for our standard probe. Can be improved to about 10 with the right probe
|style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|~1 for our standard probe. Can be improved to about 10 with the right probe
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Hardware settings
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Tip radius of curvature
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Tip radius of curvature
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|style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|Standrad probe: <12 nm
Standrad probe: <12 nm
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!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Substrates
!style="background:silver; color:black" align="left"|Substrates
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate size
|style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate size
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|style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|Up to 6"
Up to 6"
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|style="background:silver; color:black"|.|| style="background:LightGrey; color:black"|Substrate material allowed
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In principle all materials
|style="background:WhiteSmoke; color:black"|In principle all materials
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