Veeco Digital Instruments Dimension 3100 - Page 7

TOC-6 Dimension 3100 Manual Rev. C
9.3 Fluid Operation Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . .9-2
9.3.1 Fluid Tip Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
9.3.2 Tip Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
9.3.3 Rubber Protective Skirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
9.4 Sample Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-4
9.4.1 General Notes on Sample Binding. . . . . . 9-4
9.4.2 Larger Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.4.3 Smaller Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.5 Fluid Operation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8
9.5.1 Load the Cantilever Substrate . . . . . . . . . 9-8
9.5.2 Install the Cantilever Holder. . . . . . . . . . 9-9
9.5.3 Install the Protective Skirt . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
9.5.4 Align Laser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
9.5.5 “False” Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
9.5.6 Lower Tip Holder into Fluid . . . . . . . . . 9-11
9.5.7 Readjust Laser Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
9.5.8 Adjust Detector Offsets and Setpoint. . . 9-12
9.5.9 Locate Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9.5.10 Focus Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
9.5.11 Check Scan Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
9.5.12 Engage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
9.5.13 Adjust Scan Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
9.5.14 Clean Fluid Cell and Protective Skirt . 9-16
Chapter 10 Tapping Mode AFM 10-1
10.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
10.2 Principles of Tapping Mode . . . . . . . . .10-2
10.3 Basic Tapping Mode AFM Operation .10-4
10.3.1 Select the Microscope Head . . . . . . . . 10-4
10.3.2 Select Mode of Operation . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
10.3.3 Head, Cantilever and Sample Preparation10-4
10.3.4 Align Laser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
10.3.5 Adjust Photodetector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
10.3.6 Locate Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
10.3.7 Focus Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
10.3.8 Cantilever Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
10.3.9 Set Initial Scan Parameters . . . . . . . . 10-10
10.3.10 Engage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12
10.4 Withdraw the Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13
10.5 Advanced Tapping Mode AFM Operation10-14