Type: Arrow™ EFM

Electrostatic Force Microscopy - PtIr5 coating

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Cantilever Data Value Range*
Resonance Frequency 75 kHz 58 - 97 kHz
Force Constant 2.8 N/m 1.4 - 5.8 N/m
Length 240 µm 235 - 245 µm
Mean Width 35 µm 30 - 40 µm
Thickness 3 µm 2.5 - 3.5 µm
ARROW™ AFM tip

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Product Description

Optimized positioning through maximized AFM tip visibility

NanoWorld® Arrow™ EFM probes are designed for electrostatic force microscopy. The force constant and the special coating of the EFM type are optimised for this type of application. This type of probe yields very high force sensitivity, while simultaneously enabling tapping and lift mode operation.

All SPM and AFM probes of the Arrow™ series are made from monolithic silicon which is highly doped to dissipate static charge. They are chemically inert and offer a high mechanical Q-factor for high sensitivity. These probes feature a rectangular AFM cantilever with a triangular free end and a tetrahedral AFM tip with a typical height of 10 - 15 µm.

Additionally, this AFM probe offers an AFM tip radius of curvature of less than 25 nm.

The unique Arrow™ shape with the AFM tip position at the very end of the AFM cantilever allows easy positioning of the AFM tip on the area of interest.

Image A trapezoidal cross section of the AFM cantilever and therefore 30% wider (e.g. NCH) AFM cantilever detector side result in easier and faster laser adjustment. Additionally, because there is simply more space to place and reflect the laser beam, a higher SUM signal is reached.

Tip shape: Arrow

Coating: Electrically Conductive

PtIr5 Coating

The PtIr5 coating consists of a 23 nm thick platinum iridium5 layer deposited on both sides of the AFM cantilever. The tip side coating enhances the conductivity of the AFM tip and allows electrical contacts. The detector side coating enhances the reflectance of the laser beam by a factor of 2 and prevents light from interfering within the AFM cantilever.

The coating process is optimized for stress compensation and wear resistance. Wear at the AFM tip can occur if operating in contact-, friction- or force modulation mode. As the coating is almost stress-free the bending of the AFM cantilever due to stress is less than 2 degrees.

Order Codes

Order Code Quantity Data Sheet
ARROW-EFM-10 10 Nominal values
ARROW-EFM-20 20 Nominal values
ARROW-EFM-50 50 Nominal values
ARROW-EFM-W 380 Nominal values

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Scientific publications mentioning use of this AFM probe


Adrianna Piejko, Magdalena Tamulewicz-Szwajkowska, Konrad Król, Karolina Ciesiołkiewicz, Robert Kudrawiec and Jarosław Serafińczuk
Mechanical and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy Investigations of Ultrathin Membranes Based on MoS2 and MoSe2
Basic Solid State Physics (2024) Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue 2300352
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Xiaodan Yang, Yao Shan, Ying Hong, Zhuomin Zhang, Shiyuan Liu, Xiaodong Yan, Xuetian Gong, Guangzu Zhang and Zhengbao Yang
Exploring the Mpemba effect: a universal ice pressing enables porous ceramics
Materials Horizons, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH01869E


Jianan Ma, Xiaoyan Cheng, Ningchong Zheng, Pengcheng Chen, Xiaoyi Xu, Tianxin Wang, Dunzhao Wei, Yuefeng Nie, Shining Zhu, Min Xiao and Yong Zhang
Fabrication of 100-nm-period domain structure in lithium niobate on insulator
Optics Express Vol. 31, Issue 23, pp. 37464-37471 (2023)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Zeinab Eftekhari, Nasim Rezaei, Hidde Stokkel, Jian-Yao Zheng, Andrea Cerreta, Ilka Hermes, Minh Nguyen, Guus Rijnders and Rebecca Saive
Spatial mapping of photovoltage and light-induced displacement of on-chip coupled piezo/photodiodes by Kelvin probe force microscopy under modulated illumination
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2023, 14, 1059–1067
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352   


Dominika Krok, Wiktoria Tomal, Alexander J. Knight, Alexander I. Tartakovskii, Nicholas T. H. Farr, Wiktor Kasprzyk and Joanna Ortyl
Highly efficient carbon dot-based photoinitiating systems for 3D-VAT printing
Polymer Chemistry, 2023, 14, 4429-4444
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Wenjie Li, Zhen Fan, Qicheng Huang, Jingjing Rao, Boyuan Cui, Zhiwei Chen, Zhuosheng Lin, Xiaobing Yan, Guo Tian, Ruiqiang Tao, Deyang Chen, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao and Jun-Ming Liu
Polarization-Dominated Internal Timing Mechanism in a Ferroelectric Second-Order Memristor
Physical Review Applied 19, 014054
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Krzysztof Kwoka, Tomasz Piasecki, Karolina Orłowska, Paulina Grabarczyk, Andrzej Sierakowski, Teodor Gotszalk, Ewelina Gacka, Adrianna Piejko and Krzysztof Gajewski
Impedance spectroscopy of electrostatically driven MEMS resonators
Measurement, Volume 215, 30 June 2023, 112845
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Nicholas T. H. Farr, Cassandra Rauert, Alexander J. Knight, Alexander I. Tartakovskii, Kevin V. Thomas
Characterization and quantification of oxidative stress induced particle debris from polypropylene surgical mesh
nanoselect, Volume4, Issue6, June 2023, Pages 395-407
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Brian S. Y. Kim, Aaron J. Sternbach, Min Sup Choi, Zhiyuan Sun, Francesco L. Ruta, Yinming Shao, Alexander S. McLeod, Lin Xiong, Yinan Dong, Ted S. Chung, Anjaly Rajendran, Song Liu, Ankur Nipane, Sang Hoon Chae, Amirali Zangiabadi, Xiaodong Xu, Andrew J. Millis, P. James Schuck, Cory. R. Dean, James C. Hone & D. N. Basov
Ambipolar charge-transfer graphene plasmonic cavities
Nature Materials volume 22, pages 838–843 (2023)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Xuemu Li, Zhuomin Zhang, Zehua Peng, Xiaodong Yan, Ying Hong, Shiyuan Liu, Weikang Lin, Yao Shan, Yuanyi Wang and Zhengbao Yang
Fast and versatile electrostatic disc microprinting for piezoelectric elements
Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 6488 (2023)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Shiyuan Liu, Junchen Liao, Xin Huang, Zhuomin Zhang, Weijun Wang, Xuyang Wang, Yao Shan, Pengyu Li, Ying Hong, Zehua Peng, Xuemu Li, Bee Luan Khoo, Johnny C. Ho & Zhengbao Yang
Green Fabrication of Freestanding Piezoceramic Films for Energy Harvesting and Virus Detection
Nano-Micro Letters volume 15, Article number: 131 (2023)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Marcin Palewicz, Andrzej Sikora, Tomasz Piasecki, Ewelina Gacka, Paweł Nitschke, Paweł Gnida, Bożena Jarząbek and Teodor Gotszalk
Determination of the Electrical Parameters of Iodine-Doped Polymer Solar Cells at the Macro- and Nanoscale for Indoor Applications
Energies 2023, 16(12) 4741
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Zhuomin Zhang, Xuemu Li, Zehua Peng, Xiaodong Yan, Shiyuan Liu, Ying Hong, Yao Shan, Xiaote Xu, Lihan Jin, Bingren Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Yu Chai, Shujun Zhang, Alex K.-Y. Jen and Zhengbao Yang
Active self-assembly of piezoelectric biomolecular films via synergistic nanoconfinement and in-situ poling
Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 4094 (2023)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Elizabeth Hedl, Vesna Blažek Bregović, Iva Šrut Rakić, Šimun Mandić, Željko Samec, Alexander Bergmann and Jordi Sancho-Parramon
Optical properties of annealed nearly percolated Au thin films
Optical Materials, Volume 135, January 2023, 113237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Sylvester Sahayaraj, Zbigniew Starowicz, Marcin Ziółek, Socha Robert, Lukasz Major, Anna Góral, Katarzyna Gawlińska-Nęcek, Marcin Palewicz, Andrzej Sikora, Tomasz Piasecki, Teodor Gotszalk and Marcin Palewicz
Synergistic Effect of Precursor and Interface Engineering Enables High Efficiencies in FAPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells
Materials 2023, 16(15), 5352
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Nikolay Kotov, Per A. Larsson, Karishma Jain, Tiffany Abitbol, Adrian Cernescu, Lars Wågberg and C. Magnus Johnson
Elucidating the fine-scale structural morphology of nanocellulose by nano infrared spectroscopy
Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 302, 15 February 2023, 120320
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Mattia da Lisca, José Alvarez, James P. Connolly, Nicolas Vaissiere, Karim Mekhazni, Jean Decobert and  Jean-Paul Kleider
Cross-sectional Kelvin probe force microscopy on III–V epitaxial multilayer stacks: challenges and perspectives
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2023, 14, 725–737
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Su Ding, Tong Yin, Shucheng Zhang, Dingyi Yang, Houlin Zhou, Shouchen Guo, Qikun Li, Yong Wang, Yang Yang, Biaolin Peng, Rusen Yang and Zhi Jiang
Fast-speed, Highly Sensitive, Flexible Humidity Sensors Based on a Printable Composite of Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrophilic Polymers
Langmuir 2023, 39, 4, 1474–1481
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Wenda Yang, Guo Tian, Hua Fan, Yue Zhao, Hongying Chen, Luyong Zhang, Yadong Wang, Zhen Fan, Zhipeng Hou, Deyang Chen, Jinwei Gao, Min Zeng, Xubing Lu, Minghui Qin, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu
Nonvolatile Ferroelectric-Domain-Wall Memory Embedded in a Complex Topological Domain Structure
Advanced Materials, Volume 34, Issue 10, March 10, 2022, 2107711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Jingfan Yang, Xiang Liu, Miao Song, Lingfeng He. Stephen Bankson, Michael Hamilton, Bart Prorok, Xiaoyuan Lou
Sensitization, desensitization, and carbide evolution of Alloy 800H made by laser powder bed fusion
Additive Manufacturing, Volume 50, February 2022, 102547
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Srinivasu Kunuku, Mateusz Ficek, Aleksandra Wieloszynska, Magdalena Tamulewicz-Szwajkowska, Krzysztof Gajewski, Miroslaw Sawczak, Aneta Lewkowicz, Jacek Ryl, Tedor Gotszalk and Robert Bogdanowicz
Influence of B/N co-doping on electrical and photoluminescence properties of CVD grown homoepitaxial diamond films
Nanotechnology (2022),  33 125603
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Michael J. Mortelliti Chiung-Wie Huang, Joanna M. Atkin, Jillian L.Dempsey
Mixed Tin-Titanium Oxides by Atomic Layer Deposition on Planar Substrates: Physical and Electronic Structure
Applied Surface Science Volume 573, 30 January 2022, 151564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Fengjuan Liang, Shijun Wu, Zhiwu Chen and Zhenya Lu
Piezoelectric Effect Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Pt/Bi3.4Gd0.6Ti3O12 Plasmonic Photocatalysis
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(7), 1170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Dandan Liang, Xinying Liu, Trevor L. Woodard, Dawn E. Holmes, Jessica A. Smith, Kelly P. Nevin, Yujie Feng and Derek R. Lovley
Extracellular Electron Exchange Capabilities of Desulfovibrio ferrophilus and Desulfopila corrodens
Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55, 23, 16195–16203
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Nan Liu, Yi Cao, Yin-Lian Zhu, Yu-Jia Wang, Yun-Long Tang, Bo Wu, Min-Jie Zou, Yan-Peng Feng, and Xiu-Liang Ma
Spinodal Decomposition-Driven Endurable Resistive Switching in Perovskite Oxides
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 26, 31001–31009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Yong-Mei Wang, Xinxin Zhang, Dingyi Yang, Liting Wu, Jiaojiao Zhang, Tianmin Lei and Rusen Yang
Highly stable metal-organic framework UiO-66-NH2 for high-performance triboelectric nanogenerators
Nanotechnology 2021, Volume 33, Number 6, 065402
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Jian Dai, Ningning Shao, Suwei Zhang, Zhicheng Zhao, Yangke Long, Shiyin Zhao, Shun Li, Cuihua Zhao, Zuotai Zhang, and Weishu Liu
Enhanced Piezocatalytic Activity of Sr0.5Ba0.5Nb2O6 Nanostructures by Engineering Surface Oxygen Vacancies and Self-Generated Heterojunctions
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 6, 7259–7267
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Mingyi Zhang, Paul A. Salvador, Gregory S.Rohrer
Influence of orientation and ferroelectric domains on the photochemical reactivity of La2Ti2O7
Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume 41, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 319-325
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Wenda Yang, Guo Tian, Yang Zhang, Fei Xue, Dongfeng Zheng, Luyong Zhang, Yadong Wang, Chao Chen, Zhen Fan, Zhipeng Hou, Deyang Chen, Jinwei Gao, Min Zeng, Minghui Qin, Long-Qing Chen, Xingsen Gao and Jun-Ming Liu
Quasi-one-dimensional metallic conduction channels in exotic ferroelectric topological defects
Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 1306 (2021)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352

J. Alvarez, C. Marchat, A. Morisset, L. Dai, J.-P. Kleider, Raphaël Cabal, P. R. i Cabarrocas
Electrical scanning probe microscopy approaches to investigate solar cell junctions and devices
SPIE Proceedings Volume 11288, Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XVII; 112880U (2020)
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Zhicheng Zhao, Liyu Wei, Shun Li, Lifeng Zhu, Yiping Su, Yong Liu, Yibin Bu, Yuanhua Lin, Weishu Liu and Zuotai Zhang
Exclusive enhancement of catalytic activity in Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 nanostructures: new insights into the design of efficient piezocatalysts and piezo-photocatalysts
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 16238-16245
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Chengpeng Hu, Xiangda Meng, Mao-Hua Zhang, Hao Tian, John E. Daniels, Peng Tan, Fei Huang, Li Li, Ke Wang, Jing-Feng Li, Qieni Lu, Wenwu Cao and Zhongxiang Zhou
Ultra-large electric field–induced strain in potassium sodium niobate crystals
Science Advances  27 Mar 2020, Vol. 6, no. 13, eaay5979
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Fei Liang, Hua Yang Li, Ying Wang, Shuang Yang Kuang, You Jun Fan, Prof. Zhong Lin Wang, Prof. Guang Zhu
Charge Distribution and Stability of SiO2 Nanoarray Electret
CHEMNANOMAT Chemistry of Nanomaterials for Energy, Biology and More, Volume6, Issue2, February 2020, Pages 212-217
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Zachary H Swart, Alex J Ulrich, Collin D Wick and Adarsh D Radadia
Characterizing the local oxidation nanolithography on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
Nanotechnology, Volume 30, Number 27 ( 2019)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Clément Marchat, Letian Dai, José Alvarez, Sylvain Le Gall, Jean-Paul Kleider, Soumyadeep Misra and Pere Roca i Cabarrocas
Local VOC Measurements by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy Applied on P-I-N Radial Junction Si Nanowires
Nanoscale Research Letters volume 14, Article number: 398 (2019)
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Magdalena Tamulewicz, Joanna Kutrowska-Girzycka, Krzysztof Gajewski, Jarosław Serafińczuk, Andrzej Sierakowski, Joanna Jadczak, Leszek Bryja and Teodor P Gotszalk
Layer number dependence of the work function and optical properties of single and few layers MoS2: effect of substrate
Nanotechnology, Volume 30, Number 24 (2019)
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Kucinska, M.Z. Szymanski, I. Frac, F. Chandezon, J. Ulanski
Correlation between surface morphology and potential profile in OFETs with zone-cast TIPS-Pentacene as seen by scanning Kelvin probe microscopy
Materials Science Poland (2019)
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Guo Tian, Shuchi Ojha, Shuai Ning, Xingsen Gao, Caroline A. Ross
Structure, Ferroelectricity, and Magnetism in Self‐Assembled BiFeO3–CoFe2O4 Nanocomposites on (110)‐LaAlO3 Substrates
Advanced Electronic Materials, Volume5, Issue7, July 2019, 1900012
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Yanpeng Feng, Heng Zhang, Yinlian Zhu, Yujia Wang, Yunlong Tang, Minjie Zou, Mengjiao Han, Wanrong Geng, Jinyuan Ma, and Xiuliang Ma
Crystallographic Orientation and Surface Charge-Tailored Continuous Polarization Rotation State in Epitaxially Ferroelectric Nanostructures
Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019, 123, 32, 19602–19609
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Clément Marchat, James P. Connolly, Jean-Paul Kleider, José Alvarez, Lejo J. Koduvelikulathu and Jean Baptiste Puel
KPFM surface photovoltage measurement and numerical simulation
EPJ Photovoltaics 10, 3 (2019)
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Guo Tian, Wenda Yang, Xiao Song, Dongfeng Zheng, Luyong Zhang, Chao Chen, Peilian Li, Hua Fan, Junxiang Yao, Deyang Chen, Zhen Fan, Zhipeng Hou, Zhang Zhang, Sujuan Wu, Min Zeng, Xingsen Gao, Jun‐Ming Liu
Manipulation of Conductive Domain Walls in Confined Ferroelectric Nanoislands
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Zhen Zhou, Wei Sun, Zhenyu Liao, Shuai Ning, Jing Zhu, Jing-Feng Li
Ferroelectric domains and phase transition of sol-gel processed epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 (001) thin films
Journal of Materiomics, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages 27-34
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Zhenyu Liao, Fei Xue, Wei Sun, Dongsheng Song, Qiqi Zhang, Jing-Feng Li, Long-Qing Chen, and Jing Zhu
Reversible phase transition induced large piezoelectric response in Sm-doped BiFeO3 with a composition near the morphotropic phase boundary
Physical Review B 95, 214101 ( 2017 )
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Zhen Zhou, Wei Sun, Zhenyu Liao, Shuai Ning, Jing Zhu, Jing-Feng Li
Ferroelectric domains and phase transition of sol-gel processedepitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3(001) thinfilms
Journal of Materionomics ( 2017 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Daniele Moro, Giovanni Valdrè, Ernesto Mesto, Fernando Scordari, Maria Lacalamita, Giancarlo Della Ventura, Fabio Bellatreccia, Salvatore Scirè and Emanuela Schingaro
Hydrocarbons in phlogopite from Kasenyi kamafugitic rocks (SW Uganda): cross-correlated AFM, confocal microscopy and Raman imaging
Nature Scientific Reports volume 7, Article number: 40663 (2017)
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Zhongwen Li, Yujia Wang, Guo Tian, Peilian Li, Lina Zhao, Fengyuan Zhang, Junxiang Yao, Hua Fan, Xiao Song, Deyang Chen, Zhen Fan, Minghui Qin, Min Zeng, Zhang Zhang, Xubing Lu, Shejun Hu, Chihou Lei, Qingfeng Zhu, Jiangyu Li, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liu
High-density array of ferroelectric nanodots with robustand reversibly switchable topological domain states
Science Advances 3 (8), e1700919
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  


Daniele Moro, Gianfranco Ulian, Giovanni Valdrè
Nanoscale cross-correlated AFM, Kelvin probe, elastic modulus and quantum mechanics investigation of clay mineral surfaces: The case of chlorite
Applied Clay Science, Volume 131, October 2016, Pages 175-181
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Jaewoo Park, Arash Akbari-Sharbaf, Sabastine Ezugwu, Reg Bauld, GiovanniFanchini
Direct synthesis of highly conducting graphene nanoribbon thin films from graphene ridges and wrinkles
Acta Materialia, Volume 107, 1 April 2016, Pages 96-101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352


Fengyuan Zhang, Qing Miao, Guo Tian, Zengxing Lu, Lina Zhao, Hua Fan, Xiao Song, Zhongwen Li, M Zeng, Xingsen Gao
Unique nano-domain structures in self-assembled BiFeO3 and Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ferroelectric nanocapacitors
Nanotechnology 27 015703 ( 2015 )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.202300352  

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