Scanning & Local Probe Facility

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Scanning & Local Probe Facility
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Corridor view of the SLPF suite
Home Institution University of Pennsylvania
Location Philadelphia, PA
Building Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Established 2013
Director Matthew Brukman
Website https://www.nano.upenn.edu/

About the Scanning & Local Probe Facility

The Scanning and Local Probe Facility at the Singh Center is a user facility offering topographical, mechanical, electrical, optical, and chemical characterization tools in ambient, fluid, and high vacuum environments.

Access

Instructions for gaining access to the Scanning and Local Probe Facility can be found here.

After establishing an account, go to NEMO Help for information on getting started.

Contact Matt Brukman to discuss your project needs.

Available Resources

The facility is equipped with 2 ambient atomic force microscopes, two scanning confocal Raman spectroscopes (with AFM accessories), an ultra-high vacuum AFM+scanning tunneling microscope, an electronic probe station, and a total internal reflection fluorescence microscope with bio-AFM.

  • Equipment : Find resources for any given instrument (e.g. SOPs, troubleshooting, presentations, manuals, videos, specifications)
  • Equipment Reservations: Go to the SLPF's Nemo site to make reservations to use the equipment
  • Suggestion Box: Please send all SUGGESTIONS to help improve the Scanning Probe Lab to Matt Brukman.

Equipment

SLPF Equipment List

SLPF Equipment Owner Matrix