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--- afm [2025/10/07 12:02] – [Step-by-step walk through for AC mode imaging] ethanminot
+++ afm [2026/01/20 13:39] (current) – [Supplies] gus
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   *//See also: [[AFM advanced techniques]].//
   *//See also: [[AFM upkeep]]//
+  *//See also: [[AFM Image Anaylsis]]//
 New users of the AFM are expected to get AFM training and then pass the {{::afm_training_quiz6.doc|AFM quiz}}. More guidance about learning the AFM is given below.
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 Recommended AFM tips:
-  *Budget Sensors BS-Tap300AL tapping tips (40 N/m), and Tap150AL (5 N/m) www.budgetsensors.com/. Gold coated tips (more expensive) are also available. These tips were originally recommended to us by Scott MacLaren at the Univerisity of Illinois AFM center. "very inexpensive but good". We have also been very impressed with the consistent good quality. Prices are:
+  *Budget Sensors [[https://www.budgetsensors.com/tapping-mode-afm-probe-aluminum-tap300al|BS-Tap300AL]] tapping tips (40 N/m), and [[https://www.budgetsensors.com/soft-tapping-mode-afm-probe-aluminum-tap150al|Tap150AL]] (5 N/m). Gold coated tips (more expensive) are also available. These tips were originally recommended to us by Scott MacLaren at the University of Illinois AFM center. "very inexpensive but good". We have also been very impressed with the consistent good quality. Prices are:
-    *$3900/380 = $10.26 each
+    *$4500/380 = $11.84 each
     *$890/50 = $17.80 each
     *$210/10 = $21.00 each
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     *$1000/35 = 28.57 each
+  *As of 2026, the Olympus AC 160 TS and AC 240 TS has been discontinued and replaced with the Olympus Titan300 and Titan70 respectively
+    *$6570/30 = $21.9 each
+    *$1460/50 = $29.20 each
+    *$365/10 = $36.50 each
 ===== Data export for visitors =====
 The easiest way for visitors to take home their data is the IgorPro format (.ibw files). IgorPro is the platform on which the Asylum Research AFM has been built. A trial copy of IgorPro software is available from the [[http://www.wavemetrics.com/support/demos.htm|IgorPro website]]. The trial version of the software will get you a long way. The academic copy costs $400. The MFP3D software (written by Asylum Research to run on the Igor plaform) is open source. We can supply you with a copy.