Olympus OMCL-TR800PSA User manual

Please obey the following to the OLYMPUS micro cantilevers
user’s manual 書
Case label
Thank you for purchasing OLYMPUS Micro cantilever.
Please read this manual carefully before use.
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Warning
Use protective eye glasses when handling to avoid
damage to the eyes from breakage of the cantilever
chips.
Be sure to store the cantilevers at room temperature and
moderate humidity.
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Manual and Specification sheet
Plastic pack (translucent blue)
Plastic case
(Cantilever chips are in the case)
Cantilever chips in a plastic case are included in the envelope with manual and spec. sheet.
＜Explanation of the each part of the products＞
user’s manual
Warning
Caution
Caution
Use protective gloves to avoid getting hurt by a shard of cantilever chip,
when breaking and cutting cantilever chips from cantilever strips.
Label Inside
Envelope for transportation
Please handle our cantilevers carefully because they are fragile.
Cantilever chips are contained in the plastic case.
Case for transportation (plastic) Cover Bottom Cover
Label side Arrow mark
Upside
Case (closed) Case (open) Cantilevers are tip-side-up
as viewed in the case.
Down side
Do not drop or shake the cantilever case. Even when the cantilever
strips are contained in the cantilever case, the cantilever strips may
move in the case and the cantilever may break if the case is handled
roughly or jarred.
Hold position Cantilever strips Caution
Case label Products name
Inspection
stamp
Lot. Number
Caution
OTR8-PS-W
When discarding, please obey the laws and regulations in your country
and/or your company. These cantilevers are made from silicon nitride,
gold/chromium and pyrex glass.

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Case
Special feature of OLYMPUS Micro cantilever
1. Contact mode Cantilever – This type of micro cantilever is suitable for contact mode AFM
measurement.
The small spring constant of the silicon nitride cantilevers enables you to set the tip loading force small
to probe the sample surface gently.
3. Variety of cantilevers with different mechanical properties – A suitable cantilever can be
chosen from the different types of the cantilevers on a chip.
Each triangular-cantilever type chip (TR type) has two different cantilevers on each end of the chip.
Each rectangular-cantilever type chip (RC type) has four different cantilevers on the chip.
4. Sharpened pyramidal tip
The tip shape about 0.3 micron down from the top is oxide-sharpened so that the tip angle parallel to
the cantilever axis is smaller than 70 deg. and that the tip radius is smaller than 20 nm.
The tip material (silicon nitride) is less prone to wear and tear than a single crystal silicon so that
the tips ensure more stable measurements.
5. Reflex gold coating – Gold is coated on the back side of the cantilevers for optical detection.
Dual side gold coating types are also available, OMCL-TR400PB-, OMCL-TR800PB- and
OMCL-RC800PB-. These make functionalizing the cantilever easier (e.g., using thiol chemistry)
2. AC mode operation in water – This type of micro cantilever is also used for dynamic mode
AFM measurement in water.
For this purpose, 100 m long cantilever in OMCL-TR400PSA- series is recommended.
Table of contents page
1 Preparation
1) Please prepare the followings before using OLYMPUS cantilevers.
2) To gain a better understanding of how cantilevers and chips are connected, cantilevers should be inspected
under the microscope.
1) Work environment : Clean bench
(Use of an electrical charge neutralizer of ionizer is recommended.)
2) For hazard avoidance : Protective eye glasses, Thin gloves
3) For cantilever treatment and disconnecting procedure
:Microscope slide glass, Tweezers, Scalpel or razor blade, Scotch drafting tape
(Use of anti-electrostatic discharge mat and a wrist band is recommended.)
4) For cantilever storage : Dry box, Case for storage
5) For inspection : Stereo microscope
5) After peeling off the tape from the case, be sure to grasp the bottom cover like in the drawing left below. Don’t
pick up the case by grabbing the cover
Be sure to grasp the bottom co the cantilever case, or the
case may be opened and the cantilever strips may slip off and break.
ver in taking
Caution
See the specification sheet of OLYMPUS Micro cantilevers at the last page of this manual.
1 Preparation 4e
2 Open the case and take out the cantilever strip from the case 4e
3 Preparationbeforedisconnectingthecantileverchip 6e
4 Disconnectingthecantileverchip 6e
5 Attachingthecantileverchiptoyourinstrument 8e
6 Returningthecantileverstripstotheplasticcase 8e
7 Storing the cantilever strips in the case for storage 9e
8 Storing the disconnected cantilever chips in the case for storage 10e
9 Information 10e
10 Specification 1s
2 Open the case and take out the cantilever strip from the case
1) It is recommended that the cantilever case be opened in a clean environment like a clean bench in order to avoid
the cantilever being contaminated. Handing under an ionizer is recommended.
2) Avoid wearing clothes like woolen sweaters, fleece, etc that
give off the static electricity when handling the cantilever
cases and chips. Use of an anti-electrostatic mat and wrist
band is preferable.
3) In opening the case, put the plastic case label-side up on a
desk, and turn the case so the arrow mark comes to your
side.
4) Peel off the tape to open the case.
Don’t throw away the tape. That will be used again to fix
the closed case after taking out the cantilever strip from
the case.
Case
Arrow mark
(indicate opening position)
Lip
Tape
Label Hold position (Bottom Cover)
Cantilever case (Top view)
C
orrect If you pick up the cover like in the
drawing (right), the case may open
and the cantilever strip may slip
off and break
I
ncorrect
Bottom cover (Case)
Cantilever strip
Cover (Case)
Slip off

3 Preparation before disconnecting the cantilever chip
6) In the procedure 1) to 3) in the drawing below, open the cover and take out the cantilever strip with
tweezers.
Please handle our cantilevers carefully because they are fragile.
Caution
If you find the cantilever strip attached to the back side of the cover, stop opening the cover. Close
the case again and pat the cover with your finger to move the cantilever strip from the cover to the
bottom cover. Then try to open the case again.
Avoid any contact with the cantilevers when you pull up the cantilever
strip from the case.
Caution
1) Use a microscope slide glass as a work plate in the process for disconnecting the cantilever chip.
2) Lay the cantilever strip tip-side-up on the microscope slide glass.
3) Then, settle the cantilever strip on the microscope slide glass with a piece of Scotch drafting tape (below).
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Cantilever chips should always be placed tip-side-up.
Caution
1) in the fig. : Press the hold position on the bottom cover to keep the stationary.
2) in the fig. : Using your thumb, carefully open the lid.
3) in the fig. : Pull the cantilever strip straight up with the tweezers.
The way to open the case and to put out the cantilever strip from the case
2) Using your thumb, carefully open the lid.
1) Press the hold position on the bottom
cover to kee
p
the case stationar
y
.
Lip
3) Pull the cantilever strip straight
u
p
with the tweezers.
Warning)
Pay attention not to touch the
cantilevers to the case and the
other strips.
Tweezers
Do not use the plastic case for transportation as a work plate in the
process for chip disconnection.
Caution
4 Disconnecting the cantilever chip
1) Disconnect the cantilever chip as follows.
Use protective eyewear when handling to avoid
damage to the eyes from breakage of the cantilever
chips.
Warning
Use protective gloves to avoid getting hurt by a shard of cantilever chip,
when breaking and cutting cantilever chips from cantilever strips.
Warning

5 Attaching the cantilever chip to your instrument
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2) Turn the microscope slide glass sideway for disconnecting a chip (see below).
Then, cantilevers on a chip end face to you (see right below).
1) After reading the instruction manual of your instrument again, grasp the side of the cantilever
chip with the tweezers and attach the cantilever chip to your scanning probe microscope.
Cantilever chip Cantilever
Cantilever chip substrate
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Connecting part (Groove)Cantilever
Cantilever strip
Microscope slide glass
Tweezers
Tape
6 Returning the cantilever strips into the plastic case
3) Hold the center of the cantilever chip with the tweezers to cut a chip at the end of the cantilever
strip. Place a scalpel (or razor blade) at the connecting part between the cantilever chips, and
scribe a chip off gently.
Put the scalpel to the edge of connecting part, push the scalpel and give pressure to the
edge with it like in the drawing above. The side face of the scalpel should be kept
parallel to the side wall of the groove for making this procedure easy.
Tweezers
Razor blade
Chip substrate
Tape
Razor blade
Tweezers
Connecting part (Groove)
Connecting part
(Groove)
Scalpel or razor blade
Cantilever chip
Connecting part
(Groove)
Putting the scalpel parallel to connecting
part is recommended.
It may be better to press your forefinger on t
scalpel (above) to apply vertical pressure to
the connection.
he
Lay the cantilever strip correctly in the grooves of the bottom cover
when you return the cantilever strips into the plastic case for
transportation again.
Caution
Do not drop or shake the cantilever case. Even when the cantilever strips
are contained in the cantilever case, the cantilever strips may move in the
case and the cantilever may break if the case is handled roughly or jarred.
Caution
1) Once you take out a cantilever strip from the case for transportation, storing the cantilever strip
in a separate case is recommended. The way will be explained in the next head (8) in this
manual. Although it is possible to store the cantilever strip in the case for transportation, please
pay attention to the following.
* Please avoid storing plural cantilever strips with different lot number in a case. Groove
* Please pay attention to the position
and the direction of the grooves
where cantilever strips should be
placed on. Be carefully to lay the
cantilever strips parallel to/in the
grooves of the bottom cover. (see
right)
* If you place the cantilever on the
bottom case incorrectly, cantilevers
and cantilever strips may break
when you close the case. Hold position
Laying cantilever in a groove of the bottom cover

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OLYMPUS CORPORATION
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Please access to the web page of OLYMPUS micro cantilevers.
http://www.olympus.co.jp/probe
1) Store the cantilever chips in another case for storage. If you have a GEL-PAK container, those
chips are easily stored in it.
* Using a tape in week adhesiveness as the tape (3) will give you a good result. For
instance, Scotch drafting tape or the adhesive area from a Post-it note is recommended
because the adhesiveness of the tape is appropriate. The use of both side adhesive tapes
that is usual in the office, is not recommendable because most of them is too sticky.
* Like in the drawing below, settle the tape (3) adhesive-side-up on the case with the tape
(1) and (2).
2) If you don’t have a GEL-PAK container, there is a way to arrange a substitute case for chips
storage by yourself. Please refer to the way in the drawing below.
Please contact following if you have any question on this user’s manual.
OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Microtechnology R&D Division
2-3 Kuboyama-cho Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 Japan
email : [e-mail]
2) After you set the cantilever strips correctly in the grooves, close the cover and put a piece of the
Scotch drafting tape at the lip of the case to fix it.
3) Once open the cantilever case, level the case with the ground even the case closed (illust. left).
Avoid tilting the case with large angle while handling, or cantilevers may break by scraping with
the stopper pins on the cover if the cantilever strips slide in the case.
The case is always kept even
with ground.
Avoid tilting the case with large
angle while handling
Stopper pins Cantilever strip
Incorrect
4) Store the cantilevers in a desiccate box for avoiding dust, high temperature and humid even the
case is closed.
7 Storing the cantilever strips in the case for storage
Be sure to store the cantilevers at room temperature and moderate
humidity.
Caution
1) Prepare a case for storing the remaining cantilever strip. (Plastic case for 3.5 inch floppy disk etc.)
2) Keep the cantilever strip in the case for storage as it is taped to the microscope slide glass.
Case for storage
(Plastic case for 3.5 inch floppy disk)
Microscope slide glass
Rest of cantilever strip
The way to store the rest cantilever strip in the case
3) Attach the microscope slide glass on the case with a Scotch drafting tape.
4) Be sure to give a memo of the product name and lot number on the case for storage.
8 Storing the disconnected cantilever chips in the case for storage
Tape (3) (adhesive side up)
9 Information
Case for storage
(Plastic case for 3.5 inch floppy disk)
Tape (1) Cantilever chip
Tape (2)
The way to store the cantilever chips in the case
3) Be sure to give a memo of the product name and lot number on the case for storage.