Smart Grids offer the unique opportunity to understand structure, function, and chemistry all in the same sample. One of the key enabling features of Smart Grids that promotes this capability is the use of thermally-grown SiO2 membranes that supports a wide range of complimentary analytical methods on the same sample. The membranes are ultraflat, thermally and chemically stable, and can be configured to meet your needs. Benefits include:
- Complementary surface analysis: XPS, Auger, SIMS, AFM, STM, SEM, EELS, and others.
- Can deposit electrodes to evaluate structure-property effects in nanoelectronics.
- Evaluate optical, electronic, catalytic, or other properties. NSOM,....
- Evaluate structure and reactivity of biological molecules. Can employ biological assays.
- Evolution of structures as a function of processing steps.
Analysis of DNA on Smart Grid using AFM and TEM