Atomic Force Microscope
High-speed AFM with environmental control for live cell imaging (chapter 90). No equivalent combination of speed, resolution, and environmental control domestically available. For nonprofit nanotechnology research.
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Chapter 90 microscopes without nonprofit scientific exemption
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Certain scanning instruments classified as data processing machines
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• Specify scan speed (frames/sec) and environmental control parameters in application
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