Overview

The Agilent 5500 is a research grade AFM that can accommodate samples of all sizes due to its “top-down” design in which the scanner and tip are mounted above the sample.  The instrument is fitted with a hot stage (ambient temperature to 250ºC), a potentiostat for electrochemistry experiments, and Anasys Instrument’s nano-TA2 Thermal Imaging and Analysis accessory.

The nano-TA2 is an accessory (comprising hardware, software and probes) that
enables the AFM to perform nano Thermal Analysis (nano-TA: analogous to macro-scale thermomechanical analysis), Heated Tip AFM (HT-AFM) and Scanning Thermal Microscopy.  Unlike  conventional Scanning Thermal Microscopy, nano-TA can be used with both contact and tapping mode imaging, so is applicable to soft samples such as polymers, elastomers and composites.
 

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MSSI, UL