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NanoScope612Addendum PDF
NanoScope612Addendum PDF
393.1 Introduction
Your microscope ships with several pieces of documentation: a microscope manual (MultiMode,
BioScope, Dimension 3100 or Dimension 5000 Manual, depending on your system), a software
manual (NanoScope 6.12 Users Guide), and any supplemental documents specific to your
microscope and/or options you have purchased. NanoScope Software Version 6.12 introduces new
features to Version 6 software that belong in the microscope manual. This support note summarizes
changes to your microscope manual due to the release of this software.
NanoScope 6.12
Opening/ Enabling Reference for Version 6.12
Addition
Directory icons now appear in the browse window. Double-click a folder icon to browse
that directory (see Figure 3a).
Added the Capture Directory icon to the Image Browse Area (see Figure
393.3a). Click this icon to automatically open the Capture Directory.
You can now configure the Capture Directory. You can change the current capture
directory in the Capture File dialog box (Realtime > Capture Filename) (see Figure
393.3b).
Added Realtime > Capture Now menu item. Capture Now creates a partial capture of the current
scan and saves the image in the Capture Directory.
e. In the Edit Port Setup dialog box, set the COM 1 Equipment Type parameter to Fast
Scan.
2. On the Other panel of the Scan View, set the Fast Scan parameter to Enabled.
3. Select Calibrate > Fast Scan Z. The Force Calibration dialog box will open.
Added Tools > Options > Remove File on Close menu item (see Figure 3c). You can also right-
click the workspace and select Remove File on Close. When selected, this option removes the
workspace item of the offline file when all views on that file are closed.
You can now export a view as a JPEG. To print multiple channels simultaneously, all must be open
in the same window. Export a view one of two ways:
-OR-
Point and Shoot is a new view to the NanoScope Version 6.12 software. The Point and Shoot
View allows you to select specific points on an image (see Figure 3d). Use Point and Shoot to
capture an image and/or collect a force curve for every point you designate.
When you click a point on an image, a crosshair (+) marks the location. You can designate
individual points, or use the tools in the Point and Shoot dialog box to assign multiple points
simultaneously. See Section 2.2.3: Point and Shoot View of the NanoScope Software 6.12 Users
Guide for a description of the Point and Shoot parameters.
The Cantilever Tune dialog box has been rearranged to provide more consistent accessibility (see
Figure 393.3e). The Cantilever Tune parameters are now in collapsible sections in the box on the
right side of the dialog box. For additional parameters, click the More button at the bottom of the
dialog box.
Cantilever Tune
Parameters
More button
Theory
When evaluating Surface Potential, you can now tune the cantilever electrically. Traditional
cantilever tune oscillates the cantilever via tapping piezo material (see Figure 393.3f). Electric Tune
sweeps the frequency of the electric field surrounding the cantilever. The force of the electric field
moves the cantilever. The cantilever amplitude is then plotted in the Generic Sweep dialog box.
Electric Field
Procedure
1. While evaluating Surface Potential in Realtime mode, select RealTime > Generic Sweep.
The Generic Sweep dialog box will display.
Interleave Mode
2. In the Generic Sweep dialog box, set the Sweep parameters Input igain and Input pgain to
0. This disables the Surface Potential feedback loop, which works to keep the cantilever's
amplitude at zero.
Try changing the Data Scale, Drive Phase and Drive Amplitude (see Figure 393.3h).
Try changing the channel. For example, the Data Type can be changed to Potential
Input.
Try sweeping another channel. For example, set the Graph parameter Sweep Output to
Bias (see Figure 393.3h).
Figure 393.3h Electric Tune Generic Sweep while adjusting the Drive Amplitude and Drive Phase
Note: Remember to re-enable the Input gains before collecting further Surface
Potential data.
Due to temperature differences, XY drift can occur between two successive images while scanning.
You can capture two images in Realtime mode for later XY Drift analysis in Offline mode. In
Offline XY Drift analysis, the software can automatically calculate the lateral shift between two
images (see Figure 393.3i). You can also manually enter the drift. See the NanoScope Software 6.12
Users Guide for a description of the XY Drift parameters.
When transporting the results of using NanoScope software to another computing platform, the
most generic format is an ASCII text file. The File > Export > ASCII command builds such a file.
1. Select a directory, then an image file within it, from the file browsing window at the right of
the NanoScope Version 6 main window. Right-click in the thumbnail image to open the
menu shown in Figure 393.3j.
2. Click Export > ASCII to open the Export dialog box (see Figure 393.3k).
3. Select the units in which to record the data in the new file by checking the appropriate boxes.
You can also export image header, ramp, or time information by selecting those check boxes.
4. Click Save As..., designate a directory path and filename, and click Save.
Figure 393.3l shows the start of an exported ASCII image file saved without a header.