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A von Richter1, W M Heckl, M Reiter
1Kayser-Threde GmbH, Business Unit Space Utilization, Munich, Germany. andreas.von.richter@Kayser-Threde.com
Abstract:
Since February 2002 Kayser-Threde GmbH, Munich (Germany) leads a study under ESA contract in order to study the technical feasibility and the applications of "Scanning Probe Microscopy for Bio & Nanotechnology onboard the ISS (SONOS)". The objective of this effort is to demonstrate the feasibility of an SPM instrument on the ISS. An appropriate breadboard model will be manufactured and tested within the present study. Its development will be based upon the developed pocket size SPM instrument by Professor W. Hecki of the Center for Crystallography and NanoScience (CeNS) at the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich. Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) investigates surface structures at very high resolution and can perform nanoengineering. These techniques can be applied to non organic as well as to organic or biological materials.
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