Asylum Research has installed a dual-system order for a Cypher AFM and MFP-3D-SA AFM at the Cluster of Excellence 'Smart Interfaces' (CSI), Technische Universitat Darmstadt in Germany.
At the CSI, fluid-surface interfaces are investigated over nine length scales - from airplane wings to molecular and atomic interactions.
The CSI group will use the Asylum AFM to probe fluid-surface interactions at the nanometre scale, matching this to the latest advances in atomic and molecular dynamic flow theory.
Professor Robert Stark of the university's Materials and Earth Sciences Department explained: 'We plan to investigate time-resolved atomic and molecular processes in liquids to gain a deeper insight and understanding of boundary dynamics.
'The ultimate goal of this interdisciplinary approach is to design the molecular boundary for benefits in the macroscopic world.
'Asylum Research AFMs allow us to obtain the complete picture, from elasticity and material properties through high-speed, time-resolved atomic and molecular process imaging in liquids.'
