Adaptive Band Excitation Controller and Software for Scanning Probe Microscopy
The Band Excitation Toolbox is an specific capability that has been developed using Matlab and external hardware to be implemented on all types of excitation signals in Atomic Force Microscopy, to perform advanced spectroscopies. This toolbox is singularly relevant to operate AFMs in resonant modes, since it avoids the use of resonance tracking strategies by depicting full signal bands in the frequency domains. It can be integrated to perform BE-PFM, BE-cKPFM, BE-CRF measurements among others.
Features
The Band Excitation Toolbox is integrated to perform a wide set of measurements and spectroscopies:
- BE Imaging: Line Scan Measurements
- BEPS – Band Excitation Point Spectroscopy
- SSPFM – Standard Triangle Wave Voltage Spectroscopy
- FORC – First order reversal curves
- cKPFM
- Relaxation measurements
Specifications
- Frequency bandwidth
- Compatible with all AFM platforms
Applications
- Polar materials – piezoelectric, ferroelectrics
- Ionic conductors
- Materials for energy – batteries
- Nanomechanical properties of inorganic materials
