User`s guide

Agilent 5500 SPM User’s Guide 11
Contents
Two-Piece Nose Assemblies 36
Scanner 38
Detector 40
Sample Plates 41
Video System 43
Head Electronics Box (HEB) 44
AFM Controller 45
Vibration Isolation Chamber 46
Software 47
System Options 48
MAC Mode 48
MAC III Mode 49
Liquid Cell 49
Temperature Control 50
Thermal K 50
Environmental Chamber 50
Glove Box 50
Electrochemistry 51
PicoTREC 51
PicoLITH 52
3 Setting Up the Agilent 5500 SPM
Component and Facility Dimensions 53
Facility Requirements 55
Utilities 56
Noise and Facility Specifications 56
Acoustic Noise 56
Temperature and Humidity Variation 57
Connecting the Components 58
Guidelines for Moving the System 58
4 Preparing for Imaging
Setting Up the Scanner Assembly 59
One-Piece Nose Assembly 60
Inserting the One-Piece Nose Assembly 60
Removing the One-Piece Nose Assembly 62
Inserting a Probe in the One-Piece Nose Assembly 64
Two-Piece Nose Assembly 67
Inserting the Body of the Two-Piece Nose Assembly 67