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Technology Notes

AC Mode Imaging Technology Note

The NSCRIPTORT DPNŽ System offers imaging capabilities in AC Mode, also known as "non-contact" mode. Particularly for DPN, AC Mode imaging provides superior topography data and avoids overwriting a previously patterned area with an inked tip, particularly for DPN.
Reference:TN001


Auxiliary Signal Imaging Technology Note

Auxiliary signal imaging opens another avenue of data acquisition using the NSCRIPTORT DPNŽ System. With the correct equipment and probes, several imaging modes become available, including electrical force microscopy (EFM) and magnetic force microscopy (MFM), in addition to the flexibility of imaging any external signal concurrent with the NSCRIPTOR's standard imaging capabilities.
Reference:TN002


Data Management Technology Note

Data managment is a benefit of the NSCRIPTORT DPNŽ System software, InkCADT.
Reference:TN003


InkCal™ Software Technology Note

InkCal is a tool available within the InkCADT software for accurately calculating the diffusion constant of various inks. This in turn gives the user accurate feature size control in the desired pattern. InkCal has been optimized to work on NanoInk's NSCRIPTORT DPNŽ System.
Reference:TN004


DPN® Inkwells Technology Note

With the use of DPN Inkwells, it is possible to dip the pen into the ink in a controlled fashion, preventing the ink from coating the top side of the pen cantilever. Up to 10 different inks can be simultaneously introduced on adjacent cantilevers in a probe array.
Reference:TN005


MHA Ink Technology Note

MHA inks in alcohols have been formulated and developed for a reliable method of writing the MHA molecule on gold substrates using DPNŽ probes.
Reference:TN006


Passive Multi-Pen Arrays Technology Note

Using the same ink on all passive probes in an array, it is possible to repetitively write the same structure with a fixed spacing, producing multiple devices in parallel.
Reference:TN007


Just Add DNAT Technology Note New!

A preview to the Just Add DNA user guide: A complete, controlled protocol describing how all of the tools combined can be used with the NSCRIPTORT DPNT System to deposit nanoscale DNA patterns.
Reference:TN008


Active PenT Arrays Technology Note New!

Active PenT Arrays are specifically engineered for flexible and multiplexed nanopatterning. Using thermal bimorph technology, individual cantilevers can be actuated to enable multi-ink writing without any cross-contamination or unintended surface patterning.  Additionally, "reader" tips can be left clean to image surface patterns, or address specific surface structures without unintentional inking.
Reference:TN009


C-AFM Module Technology Note New!

NanoInk's C-AFM Module has been designed to be used with the NSCRIPTOR DPN System. The module enables conductivity mapping of a wide range of sample conductivities while minimizing potential tip and sample damage. This technology note will aid the user in setting up the NSCRIPTOR for C-AFM applications.
Reference:TN010


2D nano PrintArrayT Technology Note New!

NanoInk's 2D nano PrintArray is specifically engineered for flexible, large-area, massively parallel nanopatterning. By fabricating 55,000 cantilevers (each with its own nanoscale tip) across a 1 cm2 chip, we leverage the inherent power and versatility of DPN while covering unprecedented amounts of surface area, routinely achieving throughputs ~ 3×107 ľm2 per hour. Further, the device has been engineered to be easy to use, wire-free, and fully integrated with the NSCRIPTORT DPNŽ System scanner, stage, and sophisticated lithography routines. This technology note describes how to use the arrays for experiments on the NSCRIPTOR.
Reference:TN011


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