Diamond AFM Probes

Diamond-coated probes offer significantly higher hardness and wear resistance than standard silicon tips, allowing them to maintain sharpness and imaging resolution over extended scans. This makes them better suited for abrasive or hard samples, nanoindentation, and applications requiring repeated measurements without tip degradation.

Molecular Imaging's diamond AFM probes and cantilevers are compatible with all major brand AFM systems, as well as other platforms supporting standard cantilever mounting. This ensures researchers can integrate them into existing workflows without costly system modifications.

Yes, select cantilever and probe designs are engineered for liquid imaging, making them suitable for biological samples such as DNA, proteins, and cells. MAC Mode compatible probes with paramagnetic coatings allow precise oscillation control even in liquid or gas environments.

Diamond AFM probes are ideal for hard materials, thin films, polymers, and samples requiring nanoindentation or mechanical property mapping. They are also used in electrochemical analysis, battery characterization, and high-aspect-ratio feature imaging where tip durability is critical.

Diamond coatings significantly extend tip lifespan compared to standard silicon or silicon nitride tips, often lasting through hundreds of scans without noticeable resolution loss. Actual lifespan depends on sample hardness, scan parameters, and imaging mode, but diamond tips are engineered for demanding, repeated-use applications.

Yes, Molecular Imaging's team, including former AFM engineers and an academic advisor, provides technical guidance to help researchers select the correct cantilever type, coating, and spring constant for their specific imaging mode and sample requirements.