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JPK reports on the current research activities of Dr Clemens Franz and his team at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Dr Clemens Franz leads a group of researchers at the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology where he works on expanding the use of AFM for cell biological applications.

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JPK reports on how graphenes are being studied using AFM to better characterize their properties at the Humboldt University in Berlin

JPK Instruments reports on a keynote paper in Nano Letters where Dr Nikolai Severin and his co-workers from the group of Professor Jürgen Rabe have applied JPK’s NanoWizard® system to improve their understanding of the properties of graphene.

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The Nanoscopy Group of Dr Volker Deckert applies JPK platform of optical technologies in the development of TERS

JPK Instruments reports on the research and technique development activities of the Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena under the direction of Dr Volker Deckert. The Nanoscopy department utilizes instrumental methods in the development of molecular spectroscopic methods with the highest spatial resolution. Central to this program has been the use of tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS).

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The Chemnitz University of Technology selects JPK’s NanoWizard AFM system for the characterization of polymeric and biological materials

JPK Instruments is pleased to report on the research work from the Chemical Physics group of Professor Robert Magerle of the Chemnitz University of Technology. The Chemical Physics Group is part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The main research topic is the study of the structure and properties of polymeric materials.

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JPK's ForceRobot system produces high volume single molecule force spectroscopy results in Yuri Lyubchenkos group at the University of Nebraska

JPK Instruments reports on the work from the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of the Medical School at the University of Nebraska. The Department have selected the JPK ForceRobot® 300 system to extend their studies applying atomic force microscopy, AFM, in the measurement of single molecule force spectroscopy.

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The University of Leipzig adds JPK´s CellHesion® 200 capability to enhance cell-cell force measurements

The research of the Institute of Experimental Physics I is focused on soft condensed matter as bulk material, in interaction with surfaces and interfaces, and with single molecules. The systems under study cover a wealth like small tracer molecules, liquid crystals, polymers, polymer-networks, proteins, and even living biological cells. It is objective of the research of the Institute of Experimental Physics I to explore the physical basis of structure-property relationships in these systems.

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The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) uses the JPK NanoWizard family of AFMs for the nanoscale characterization of optical systems and devices

JPK Instruments reports on the work from the Light Technology Institute at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany where the JPK NanoWizard® family of AFMs provide the backbone for topographic and optical research activities.

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The University of Nottingham selects JPK´s innovative ForceRobot® system for single molecule and biopharmaceutical applications

JPK Instruments is pleased to report on the first work from the University of Nottingham who have chosen the ForceRobot® 300 system for their School of Pharmacy.

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JPK Instruments’ NanoWizard® provides valuable information about the Iceman for the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and the European Academy in Bolzano

JPK Instruments reports on the work of the Stark research group at LMU-Munich in cooperation with the EURAC Bolzano where a NanoWizard® AFM system has been used to reveal the nanostructure and mechanics of mummified type I collagen from the 5300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman.

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