Discover Dimension IconIR - For Nanoscale Infrared Imaging

Bruker's Dimension IconIR integrates nanoscale infrared (IR) spectroscopy with scanning probe microscopy (SPM) to provide unparalleled performance in spectroscopy, imaging, and property mapping, all on a single platform.

Boasting high-resolution chemical imaging with monolayer sensitivity, the system's large-sample architecture ensures ultimate sample flexibility while preserving all the industry-leading AFM measurement capabilities of the Dimension Icon^®.

Dimension IconIR employs Bruker-exclusive PeakForce Tapping^® nanoscale property mapping and proprietary nanoIR spectroscopy technology to facilitate correlative microscopy for nanochemical, nanoelectrical, and nanomechanical characterization of materials and active nanoscale systems, even in electrically or chemically reactive environments.

Correlated nanoscale property mapping showing nanoelectrical (PF-KPFM, top), nanothermal (SThM, middle), and nanochemical (AFM-IR, bottom) images of carbon fibers embedded in epoxy resin. Image Credit: Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology

Only Dimension IconIR Delivers:

• High-performance nanoIR spectroscopy, <10 nm chemical resolution, monolayer sensitivity, and FT-IR correlation.
• PeakForce Tapping in conjunction with nanomechanical and nanoelectrical modes for correlational chemical imaging.
• Optimal sample flexibility and AFM imaging performance.
• The largest assortment of AFM accessories and modes.

Highest Performance NanoIR Spectroscopy

High-quality resonance-enhanced AFM-IR spectra collected at different sites on a PS-LDPE polymer blend, illustrating a high degree of material sensitivity and deeper insight into nanoscale material properties. Image Credit: Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology

Bruker is a leader in AFM-IR-based nanoIR spectroscopy thanks to its patented, unique suite of nanoIR modes, providing the highest performance, high-speed, repeatable, and accurate spectra that correlate to FT-IR. The variety of modes on offer allows users to measure a wide range of samples, regardless of whether they are an industrial or academic user.

Dimension IconIR delivers highest performance, and rich, detailed spectra with FT-IR correlation, achieved with single molecular spectroscopy. It enables Resonance Enhanced AFM-IR, the most-published technique in the nanoIR community.

Highest Resolution Chemical Imaging

High-resolution chemical imaging of PS-b-PMMA block copolymer in Tapping AFM-IR mode showing sample topography (a); IR images at 1730 (b); and 1492 cm^-1 (c) highlighting PMMA and PS, respectively. The yellow arrows in panel (b) indicate chemical resolution <10 nm. The overlay image (d) captures the composition map. Image Credit: Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology

The industry-leading AFM performance of the base Dimension Icon platform has enhanced the spatial resolution capabilities of nanoIR technology, making it possible to create the ultimate nanoscale chemical imaging system with sub-10 nm chemical resolution and monolayer sensitivity.

Bruker’s patented Tapping AFM-IR imaging technology has been used for a variety of soft samples, ensuring consistent, reliable, and high-quality publishable data.

IconIR Provides:

• <10 nm chemical spatial resolution for imaging for a wide variety of sample types
• Imaging of thin films and biological structures with monolayer sensitivity

Specifications

Source: Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology