SPINAL (Scanning Probe in a Network for Advanced Layers) - an ultra-high vacuum cluster tool with scanning probe microscope Ghent University
The SPINAL project concerns the installation of a ultra-high vacuum cluster tool for studying surfaces, thin films and nanostructures. The system consists of a scanning probe microscope, to study surfaces and nanostructures with atomic level resolution, and a vacuum transfer line (the U+201CSPINAL cordU+201D of the tool), which allows for transferring samples between deposition and characterization chambers under ultra-high vacuum conditions. ...