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Nanosurf AG, headquartered in Liestal, Switzerland, is a manufacturer and supplier of nano-microscopes for industrial and academic research,〔 as well as for educational purposes.〔 Nanosurf’s atomic force microscopes (AFM) and scanning tunneling microscopes (STM) are used for metrological surface inspections and for the visualization of structures on the nanometer scale.〔〔 Nanosurf worked with NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission to provide the atomic force microscopy module for the Mars probe.〔 == History == In 1997, Nanosurf was awarded the “Start-up-Label” by the Swiss government agency for innovation (KTI).〔 Nanosurf was founded June 4, 1997,〔 in order to design scanning probe microscopes〔 that were accessible for everyone. The Nanosurf founders were inspired by Hans-Joachim Guentherodt,〔 the Director of the Swiss NCCR Nanoscale Science, head of the Institute of Physics of the University of Basel, coordinator of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute, and chairman of the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) “Nanoscale Science”. In 1998, The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory selected the Nanosurf atomic force microscope for its mission to Mars. Nanosurf joined a consortium consisting of the Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchatel, and the Institute of Physics, University of Basel to achieve this goal. Nanosurf was awarded the innovation prize by the Swiss Cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel- Landschaft in 1998. In 2000, Nanosurf was awarded the Swiss Technology Award by the Swiss federal industry agency. The easyScan atomic force microscope is introduced to the market. Nanosurf received the 2003 KMU Entrepreneurial award by the Chamber of Commerce of the Cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt. In 2007,Nanosurf received the Swiss Technology Award (Vontobel Stiftung) for the automated Nanite AFM system.〔 On August 4, Phoenix Mars Probe was launched carrying a Nanosurf AFM scanner. Since its founding in 1997, Nanosurf AG established subsidiaries in Boston (America), Langen, Hesse (Germany),〔 and Shanghai (China). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nanosurf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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