AFM Images
Atomic force microscopy images, photos, pictures, and surface scans made with high-sensitivity AFM Workshop microscopes. High accuracy and high-resolution images show nanomaterials, biomaterials, nanoparticles, polymers, and other samples in various visualizations. To learn about AFM image processing and Atomic Force Microscopy imaging click here.
AFM Images
750 pm silicon carbide terraces |
3d height image of regular grid-patterned calibration sample |
"Single E. coli bacterial cell, displaying fimbriae & polar flagellum" |
1 and 3 nm quantum dots; 100 nm image |
Self-assembled lipid nanotubes; 5 µm x 5 µm height image |
3d height image of a mixture of 90 and 30nm PS nanoparticles |
Multiphase Polymer Film - 3D shape from topography with phase signal overlaid as color |
AFM image of defects on 0.3 nm Si Terraces; 4 µm x 4 µm |
Latex spheres; 3 µm x 3 µm image of 173 nm latex spheres |
Double stranded DNA molecules; 3 µm image |
Bacillus bacterial spores |
1 and 3 nm quantum dots; 500 nm image |
Aluminum foil, dull side, 3D image; 50 µm x 50 µm |
Self-assembled lipid nanotubes; 20 µm x 20 µm, AFM height image |
Highly Oriented Pyrolitic Graphite (HOPG) 5 µm x 5 µm, showing atomic steps |
Red blood cells 3D height AFM image |
MFM image of magnetic disk; 40 µm x 40 µm |
Polymer used in common glue 10 µm x 10 µm image, 3D color scale view |
Nanolithography, Changing Probe Force. 25 µm x 25 µm image of lines made in PMMA surface. Each line is 1 µm apart; each has differing probe force. |
Inverted optical microscope image of Caco-2 cells; box indicates area selected for AFM scanning |
AFM image of Caco-2 cells; 48 µm x 48 µm. AFM scan of area selected by box in previous inverted optical microscope photo |
Inverted optical image of neutrophil and erythrocyte cells, AFM probe is seen as a shadow |
Neutrophil & erythrocyte cells; 50 µm amplitude image, measured in location as seen in previous image |
Tip checker sample, 2D color scale 20 µm x 20 µm image |
Caco-2 cells. Left: Epiflourescence image of Caco-2 cells treated with quantum dots. Right: 50 µm x 50 µm AFM image of Caco-2 cells |
Holes in polymer film; 10 µm x 10 µm AFM Image |
Patterns fabricated on ferroelectric material; 50 µm x 50 µm light shaded image |
Multiphase polymer,10µm, height and phase |
E. coli bacterial cells; 7 µm x 7 µm amplitude image |
Vibrating mode image showing three different species of bacteria |
Amplitude image of Leishmania parasites 25 µm x 25 µm |
Polymeric waffle test pattern 2100 lines per mm; 8 µm x 8 µm height image |
Marks made with AFM Lithography; 20 µm x 20 µm |
Indium Tin Oxide (ITO); 2 µm x 2 µm height image |
Tobacco Mosaic Virus; 1.5 µm x 1.5 µm image of 17 nm diameter viruses |
Conductive AFM scan, standard reference sample; 10 µm x 10 µm conductivity image |
0.3 nm terraces on Si; 5 µm x 5 µm color scale image |
Gold nanoparticles, 2D color scale 2 µm x 2 µm image of 14 nm diameter particles |
Phase mode image of PMMA; 300 nm x 300 nm AFM image |
Highly Oriented Pyrolitic Graphite (HOPG); 4 µm x 4 µm |
DNA; 2 µm x 2 µm, on multiple mica layers |
DNA; 1.5 µm x 1.5 µm AFM image |
DVD pits, 6um height scan |
Height image of flakes of graphene on a silicon surface |
Individual graphene flakes on silicon sample, height image 2 µm x 2 µm |
Highly Oriented Pyrolitic Graphite (HOPG); 2 µm x 2 µm, height image |
STEPP microterraces |
Cardiomyocytes during nanomechanical testing experiments; inverted optical mircoscope image showing location of AFM probe from below |
Ruled Grating Irregularities, 3D image; 4 µm x 4 µm |
BOPP Polymer; 2 µm x 2 µm biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film |
Aluminum foil, smooth side, 3D height image; 50 µm x 50 µm |
Epithelial cell in liquid; 32 µm x 32 µm AFM image |
Gold Nanoparticles; 100 nm |
Graphene sample; AFM image 11 µm x 11 µm |
Ruled Grating Irregularities; 4 µm x 4 µm ruled diffraction grating, irregularities at edges of the apex on grating lines |
SEBS polymer, phase image. 500 nm x 500 nm, smallest domains ~10 nm easily visible |
MEMS Multiple Level Gear, Courtesy TX Tech, Sandia Ntl. Labs |
MEMS High Performance Comb-Drive Actuator. Courtesy TX Tech, Sandia Ntl. Labs |
Donut shaped nanoparticles; 2.5 µm x 2.5 µm |
Gold nanotriangles; phase image showing texture on nanoplate surface |
Structures on patterned wafer after CMP; 50 µm x 50 µm |
Three component polymer, AFM phase image; 5µm x 5µm |
Thermoplastic and rubber blend. AFM phase image showing phase separation |
SEBS polymer (styrene/ethylene/butylene polymer); AFM phase image, 1 µm x 1 µm. |
Cardiomyocytes; brightfield image from the LS-AFM inverted optical microscope |
2.5 nm CdSe quantum dots, 3D AFM image, 1.5µm x 1.5 µm |
CMP-polished silicon wafer, AFM scan; 10 µm x 10 µm. |
3d height image of 10 nm gold nanoparticles |
Patterned wafer polished by CMP 10 µm x 10 µm on left; square shows area selected for AFM scanning at .5 µm x .5 µm. AFM scan reveals pockmarks on surface. |
Patterned wafer polished by CMP, 3-D color scale. Analysis revealed surface roughness (Sa) of 1.69 nm |
Silicon wafer, 3D AFM scan; 10 µm x 10 µm. |
Patterned silicon wafer |
Sidewall imaging of patterned semiconductor wafer |
