Surface Metrology

Different instruments are offered by the Nanoscale imaging and Surface Analysis lab for metrology depending on the dimensional scale of the desired measurement.

HYSITRON TI PREMIER NANOINDENTER

  • Measure Young’s modulus, hardness, fracture toughness and other mechanical properties
  • Identify topographical features
  • perform tests with highly-accurate positioning and placement of scan tip
  • Acquire information about the deformation in post-scanning
  • Measure quantitative RMS Surface Roughness

OLYMPUS LEXT OLS5000

  • Non-contact, 3D, surface metrology at~10 nm resolution (z)
  • Wide range of objectives: 5x, 10x, 20x (SLWD),50x (LWD), 100x
  • Surface roughness, surface area, line profile,film thickness, step height measurements and more
  • Automated report generation feature
  • True, quantitative 3D imaging
  • High aspect ratio structure measurements:measure surface features at up to 87° with respect to the light source
  • Two imaging modes: 3D image + true color optical microscope image

BRUKER DIMENSION ICON AFM

  • High-resolution imaging and measurement of surface height features at angstrom scales
  • Quantitative measurement of sub-nanometer scale surface roughness
  • Easy instrument operation with the use of Bruker ScanAsyst™ and PeakForce™ tapping modes
  • Contact and tapping imaging modes
  • Magnetic force microscopy
  • Fluid cell imaging for biological samples
  • Special deep trench probe for high aspect ratio surface features