Getting access
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As of Spring’25 run the research infrastructure of Microscopy labs at MAX IV is available via self-service booking system. See the guide on how to book the equipment here.
Remote access and operator’s help
As of today there is no remote access to the AFM instrument that can be granted to general users.
The users with experience in AFM may be granted the permission to run the instrument themselves after an introduction. Users who would require operator’s help in order to run their AFM experiments must get in touch with lab manager well in advance to discuss and agree upon the workflow.
Data policy
The AFM control PC is not connected to any network, and due to the security reasons it is not possible to bring in and insert user’s own memory sticks for the data transfer. Once your experiment is finished, your data shall be put in the cloud storage of Lunds University (as of today provided by Box) and yo ushall receive a link for copying the data. Please, note that the data shall be stored and available for download for a limited time, typically 6 months. Therefore, it is important that you download and archive your data.
The instrument
The microscope is Veeco/Digital Instruments (now Bruker) Dimension 3100.
It clears a field of view of max 90×90 micrometers with max 5 micrometer total height difference. The lateral resolution for 90 micrometer FOV is better than 50 nm, for 10 micrometer scan – better than 2 nm.
The sample size must be below 20 cm (8″) diameter and 2 cm height.
We provide cantilevers for user experiments, however, users are welcome to bring their own cantilevers for tapping or contact modes.