Wafer
(9)The silicon wafer - a product from the semiconductor industry - is also a proven substrate in microscopy. Due to the controllable conductivity and the defined flat and very smooth surface, silicon wafers are ideal as a substrate or sample carrier for various types of sample material.
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The silicon wafer - a product from the semiconductor industry - is also a proven substrate in microscopy. Due to the controllable conductivity and the defined flat and very smooth surface, silicon wafers are ideal as a substrate or sample carrier for various types of sample material.
Wafers are used in "non-transmissive" types of microscopy, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM, FIB-SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM, SPM), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and reflected light microscopy.
The further development of the research field of scanning electron microscopy for 3D reconstruction of tissue with ultrastructural resolution, known as array tomography (AT), has opened up a new field of application for silicon wafers. Wafers are used as a substrate for the ATUMtome, a new type of ultramicrotome with an automatic section collector for series of ultra-thin sections. The sections obtained are collected on a carrier tape. After cutting, wafers are loaded with the tape. This creates so-called wafer libraries in which the series of sections can be stored and used for subsequent data acquisition. Smaller slice series can be collected with the ASH2 (Advanced Substrate Holder) on wafer pieces and ITO-coated cover glasses.
Science Services has added silicon wafers and the corresponding accessories, such as transport boxes and tools for dicing wafers, to its product range and is continuously expanding it to meet your requirements.
Of course, we also offer wafers for applications in micro- and nanotechnology in small to medium batches.
We have access to a large portfolio of our suppliers from Germany, Asia and the USA. From this we can supply wafers and chips made of silicon (Si), gallium nitride (GaN), gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP), silicon carbide (SiC), aluminium nitride (AlN), lithium niobate (LiNbO3 / LN), sapphire, glass and quartz with different specifications.
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We will be happy to answer your questions about technical properties and correct handling.