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Training Material and Supplemental Documentation
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Training Material and Supplemental Documentation

For University of Illinois users here on campus, please contact Scott MacLaren for a CD of documentation/training materials for you to review before your first instrument session.  Here are links to additional useful information for everyone:

Introduction to Atomic Force Microscopy- An excellent book by Paul West of Pacific Nanotechnology.  Everyone should read this in its entirety.  The full book is freely available online.

Basic SPM Training Course from Digital Instruments - Chapters 1 and 2 are basic AFM information, and Chapters 3 and 4 cover the Dimension 3100 and MultiMode AFMs, respectively. Read the sections appropriate for the instrument you are planning to use.

Practical Guide to Scanning Probe Microscopy - Everyone should read this. The old Park Scientific guide, now out of print. A wonderful introduction to the many aspects of SPM.

Guide to AFM Image Artifacts from Pacific Nanotechnology - Another very good guide that everyone should read. Now a chapter in Paul West's Intro to AFM linked above.

Guide to Sample Preparation for Biological Samples from JPK Instruments in Germany.

Application Notes from Digital Instruments.

SPM Techniques from NT-MDT. Excellent Flash animations of the many variations of SPM techniques.

Cantilever Calibration information from Asylum Research.

Nanoindenter Instructions for Hysitron Nanoindenter.

STM Instructions from Digital Instruments (for Multimode STM operations).

Digital Instruments Training Notebook - Additional useful material.

Recommended Books:
These are some books I have found useful, linked to their descriptions on Amazon.com. If you know of other good references, please let me know!

     

   

OK, so the last book isn't an AFM book, but it's a wonderful book for all who enjoy science, and I just thought everyone should know about it!