Dimension Bio FastScan, Bruker

The Bio FastScan™ Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) enables high-resolution research of biological dynamics, with temporal resolution of up to 3 frames-per-second for live sample observations. What’s more, it does this while making the AFM easier to use than ever before. AFM has been gaining an incredible amount of interest among today’s leading life science researchers and educators, both due to its nanoscale imaging capabilities and the physical interaction between the probe and sample. Bio FastScan is built upon the world’s most advanced large-sample AFM platform, the Dimension FastScan™.Bio FastScan AFM adds specialized life science features to this platform, and has been specifically designed for high-resolution, live sample observation of interacting molecules, membrane proteins, DNA protein binding, inter-cellular signaling and many other dynamic biological studies. The resulting system, that includes the new innovative probe design, delivers the scanning speed required for high-resolution studies with the greatest simplicity ever seen in AFM system:

• Simplified sample engaging and controls for immediate imaging
• Real-time panning, zooming and scanning
• Feature tracking and Movie creation tool
• Micro-volume fluid cell with controlled fluid exchange

Specifications:

• Parameter Scanner: X-Y scan range 30 μm- 30 μm
• Parameter Scanner: Z range: ≤ 3.5 μm
• Controller: NanoScopeV
• Max sample size: 210 mm vacuum chuck for samples, 15mm thick.

Motorized position stage: 180 mm × 150 mm inspectable area

• Optical Microscope: 5- megapixel digital camera 180 μm to 1465 μm viewing area; Digital zoom and motorized focus
• X-Y tip-velocity max.(1% tracking error) >2mm/s