NIST Improves Microscope's Stability for Nanomanufacturing Biology
![Ian an atomic force microscope (AFM), force is measured by a laser beam, yellow in this artist's rendition. AFM photo.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017152016im_/http://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/images/migrated/19616-1.jpg)
Photo: G. Kuebler/JILA/CU
A research team from the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado has improved by 100 times the stability of a workhorse tool in nanotechnology, known as the atomic force microscope, potentially improving a wide range of areas from nanomanufacturing to biology, where sensitive, atom-scale measurements must be made at room temperature in liquids. (More)