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  AR Webinar 10/21:"There’s No Other AFM Like Cypher: Recent Technological Advances"

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  • Published: 2014-10-13, 02:05 PM
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  AR Webinar 10/21:"There’s No Other AFM Like Cypher: Recent Technological Advances"

  October 21, 2014 – Register Now
  8:00-9:00am PDT
  5:00-6:00pm PDT
  
  

  Presented by Roger Proksch and Mario Viani

  One of the most exciting things about the field of Atomic Force Microscopy is that it is still a vibrant, rapidly advancing technology. Please join Dr. Roger Proksch, Asylum Research President and Co-founder, and Dr. Mario Viani, Cypher Project Manager, for this informative, surprising, and enlightening review of recent technology advances on the Cypher AFM. Since

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  Measure Both Elastic and Viscous Properties with AFM

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  • Published: 2014-08-26, 03:31 PM
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  Measure Both Elastic and Viscous Properties with AFM

  Measure Both Elastic and Viscous Properties with AFM Using Asylum Research’s Exclusive AM-FM Viscoelastic Mapping Mode
  
  Images of a thin polymer film composed of polystyrene (E~3 GPa) and polycaprolactone (E~0.5 GPa).
  
  Aug. 26, 2014 - Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the availability of its powerful new nanomechanical imaging technique, AM-FM Viscoelastic Mapping Mode, for its entire line of Cypher™ and MFP-3D™ atomic force microscopes (AFMs). AM-FM Viscoelastic...

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  Developments in AFM Workshop, Aug. 27-28, ITRI, Hsinchu,Taiwan

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  • Published: 2014-08-13, 02:19 PM
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  Developments in AFM Workshop, Aug. 27-28, ITRI, Hsinchu,Taiwan

  Join us for this free workshop Aug. 27-28 at ITRI, Hsinchu, Taiwan ITRI will host our free workshop that will cover new developments in AFM. Topics include: • AFM fundamentals, operating modes and applications • Electrical characterization methods including CAFM, EFM, and PFM • ESM for characterization of lithium ion battery materials • Scanning Impedance Microwave Microscopy (sMIM) for nanoscale mapping of permittivity and conductivity Equipment demonstrations will be done on the Cy...

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  ESM Workshop at the CNMS ORNL User Meeting Sept. 15-16

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  • Published: 2014-08-13, 11:49 AM
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  ESM Workshop at the CNMS ORNL User Meeting Sept. 15-16

  The 1st International Workshop on “Nanoscale Electromechanical Phenomena in Functional Materials: Piezoresponse Force & Electrochemical Strain Microscopies.” The goal of the workshop is twofold. First is a discussion of recent advances in electrochemical strain microscopy and piezoresponse force microscopies for energy storage and conversion, ferroelectric and multiferroic, molecular and biological materials. Second it provides a discussion forum of recent developments and guidelines for qualitative...

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  Asylum Research AFM Workshop at Harvard CNS, August 21-22

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  • Published: 2014-08-07, 09:42 AM
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  Asylum Research AFM Workshop at Harvard CNS, August 21-22

  AFM Workshop and Tutorials at Harvard University, August 21-22
  Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Inc. and Harvard University’s Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) announce an AFM Workshop and Tutorials Aug. 21-22. The workshop will focus on new techniques and instrumentation for nanomechanical and nanoelectrical characterization. Leading AFM scientists in their respective fields of materials and bioscience will present their latest results on the first day of the meeting. AFM techniques...

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  SPM on SPM 2014 - May 15 Abstract Deadline

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  • Published: 2014-05-12, 11:00 AM
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  SPM on SPM 2014 - May 15 Abstract Deadline

  We cordially invite you to attend the International Conference of Scanning Probe Microscopy on Soft and Polymeric Materials (SPM-on-spm 2014), which will be held between September 2 and 6, 2014, at the Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
  
  
  For SPM-on-spm2014 abstract submission, please use the template following this link: http://www.spm-p.org/Data/Sites/1/sp...0abstract.docx. Please send the abstrac...

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  See the New MFP-3D Infinity at the MRS Spring Meeting and Join us at our Reception

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  • Published: 2014-04-15, 04:34 PM
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  See the New MFP-3D Infinity at the MRS Spring Meeting and Join us at our Reception

  If you're at MRS, be sure to see the new MFP-3D Infinity AFM in Booth 311 and come help us celebrate at our reception
  
  
  
  Date: Tuesday, April 22
  Place: Marriott Marquis Hotel, Pacific Room C, 4th Floor
  Time: 6:30-8:00pm
  RSVP
  
  We'll also be running the Cypher ES with blueDrive photothermal excitation. Email us if you would like to schedule a demo.

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  Introducing the MFP-3D Infinity™ AFM Featuring Powerful New Capabilities and Stunning High Performance

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  • Published: 2014-04-15, 04:30 PM
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  Introducing the MFP-3D Infinity™ AFM Featuring Powerful New Capabilities and Stunning High Performance

  
  
  Oxford Instruments Asylum Research announces the new MFP-3D Infinity Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The MFP-3D Infinity is the new flagship of the Asylum Research MFP-3D™ AFM family with dramatic performance improvements, new nanomechanical measurement capabilities, and new features that make it simple to get started with tapping mode imaging. Whether you are doing routine imaging tasks or ambitious research projects, the MFP-3D Infinity is ideal for an endless variety of applications...

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  URGENT NOTICE - Are you running Windows XP on your AR AFM?

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  • Published: 2014-03-24, 10:19 AM
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  URGENT NOTICE - Are you running Windows XP on your AR AFM?

  URGENT NOTICE
  Are you running Windows XP on your Asylum Research AFM?
  
  If you purchased your Asylum Research AFM prior to December 2010, there's a good chance that your AFM computer is running the Windows XP operating system. Microsoft is discontinuing their support for Windows XP effective April 8th, 2014 (see Microsoft's statement here). This means that Microsoft will no longer be providing any software updates or support for Windows XP. Without these updates your computer will...

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  Got Images? Win an iPad with Your Best Asylum Research AFM Images!

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  • Published: 2014-03-06, 11:30 AM
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  Got Images? Win an iPad with Your Best Asylum Research AFM Images!

  Asylum Research 2014 Image Contest
  
  Asylum Research, invites all Cypher™ and MFP-3D™ AFM users to enter their best AFM data, including images, force curves, or videos, in the Asylum Research Image Contest. Each scientist will receive an Asylum gift pack just for sending in their images. An Apple iPad will be awarded at the close of each quarter to the winning image that best represents excellence in science and the "cool" factor as judged by our team of applications scientists....

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