Scanning probe and atomic force microscopy specialist Asylum Research will be touring the UK and Ireland over the coming months to bring its Cypher AFM to universities across the region.
Three legs of the Cypher Scan Tour in the UK will take place in autumn with more dates to follow in 2011 (including Ireland).
Each day's agenda will include an initial presentation describing the Cypher AFM and its features, followed by an opportunity to 'look inside the box' and get to grips with the instrument's design.
Attendees will then be able to see Cypher in action, with a demonstration of its capabilities, including closed-loop atomic resolution, fast scanning, and advanced ease-of-use features such as Spoton automatic laser and photodiode alignment.
The afternoon session is open for imaging attendees' samples.
Three slots will be available each afternoon for attending groups to assess their own samples using their scanning modes of choice.
The first three Scan Tour locations will be the University of Leeds (16-18 November), the London Centre for Nanotechnology (30 November to 2 December), and the University of Warwick (14-16 December).
