JPK Instruments has announced the latest of its nanotechnology characterisation systems, the ForceRobot 300, for single molecule force spectroscopy.

 

JPK Instruments has announced the latest of its nanotechnology characterisation systems, the ForceRobot 300, for single molecule force spectroscopy. Until now, this procedure was complicated, requiring frequent manual calibrations and alignments as well as constant operator presence. Useful data output was both low and slow with only a few suitable curves obtained over a long period. The ForceRobot 300 addresses these issues. The key to this system is the incorporation of intelligent software for experimental design, data acquisition and evaluation. Many force curves may now be generated and evaluated in a matter of hours. The system may be operated in a stand-alone mode or it may be mounted on top of an inverted optical microscope to enable simultaneous force spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy. Both versions are available with a choice of either the basic motorised stage or the precision mapping stage.