Awarded Microscopy Today's 2010 Innovation Award

The Hydra^TM is a new revolution in the BioAFM market that allows integration with any upright or inverted microscope. The Hydra's^TM open design can be integrated into any microscope (unlike other BioAFMs which are limited by geometric or optical obstruction), including advanced concepts in optical microscopy such as 4pi configurations and many non-linear optical protocols. 

The Hydra^TM incorporates tuning fork feedback mechanism, which provides UltraSensitive Liquid Cell^TM operation for new sensitivities in AC force spectroscopy. Its Tuning Fork Liquid Cell^TM also permits Nanonics to offer MultiProbe Atomic Force Microscopy to the BioAFM researcher allowing for new directions in BioAFM imaging and nano-manipulation.

The Hydra^TM includes a NanoToolKit^TM of glass-based probes including transparent AFM probes and nanopipette probes for conductance and futuristic structurally correlated patch clamp applications.  Ideal for all modes of optical microscopy including standard fluorescence techniques – confocal, TIRF, FRET and DIC – The Hydra^TM can also provide advanced chemical imaging – such as NSOM and AFM Raman combinations with Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS) – without introducing any constraints to the microscope or the microRaman platform used.

• The only BioSPM that permits independent and simultaneous multiprobe operation.

•  The only BioSPM that can integrate with any optical microscope.
• Upright
• Inverted
• Dual 4pi Configurations
• Raman/Confocal/DIC/NSOM  

• The only BioSPM that permits critically acclaimed tuning fork feedback in liquid.

The Nanonics Hydra^TM

• Multi Probe SPM Operation
• Up to 4 SPM probes
• Multifunctional probes for manipulation and imaging

• Tuning Fork Feedback
• Ultra soft contact high Q-factors
• Improved imaging quality
• Optically free feedback ideal for fluorescence
• Permits ultrasensitive AC dynamic force spectroscopy  

• Standard Petri Dish
• Compatible with all biological sample preparation 

• Full Optical Transparency
• Fully integrated with: RAMAN /TERS /NSOM/ Confocal/ TIRF/ DIC/ STED/ Second Harmonic/
  4 Pi  

• Tip or Sample Scanning with AFM Autofocus for Confocal Imaging

• Environmental Control
• Humidity/Temperature/Vacuum
• Retaining full optical transparency

THE NEXT EVOLUTION IN SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY

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