- PicoSPMLE Molecular Imaging System:
Maximum scanner displacements: 80 x 80 x 10 µm
Conventional AFM capable of performing all the main instrument tasks, including molecular resolution imaging (dynamic and contact modes), force spectroscopy and MFM, among others.
- Conventional AFM retrofitted with Force Feedback Microscope (FFM) capabilities:
Maximum scanner displacements: 5 x 5 x 2 µm
- Custom-made optical-fibre-based FFM (Viriato), developed in the lab:
Maximum Scanner Displacements: 30 x 30 x 10 µm
The Atomic Force Microscopy and Related Techniques (AFMaRT) Lab is a research laboratory dedicated to the exploration of the Nanoworld.
Our main area of research is condensed matter physics, including soft matter, molecular biology, fluidics, magnetism, tribology and several other domains, at the nanoscale.
We are part of Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), group Bio-PhysNano, allowing us to be involved in several investigations coupling different areas of research, where interdisciplinarity is a keyword. Here, the potential of the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) for probing all sorts of interactions plays a central role.