Shimadzu Corporation announces the releases of the SPM-9700HT, a high-throughput scanning probe microscope that is capable of acquiring image data at more than five times the speed of the existing model.

A scanning probe microscope (SPM) is a microscope that scans the surface of a sample using a cantilever fitted with a fine probe — the tip of which has a radius of just a few nanometers — to measure the three-dimensional topology and physical properties of samples at high magnification. Thanks to their high resolution and their ability to make observations in both liquid and air, such microscopes are being widely used in a variety of research fields, including surface physics, electrical and electronic engineering, chemistry, and biology; furthermore, they are contributing to developments in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

In addition to adopting the newly developed HT scanner that achieves high response speeds, the design and software of the control system for the new SPM-9700HT product has a