Online Training from Bruker Nano: AFM, Tribology, Nanoindentation and more
Join Bruker for a series of free online training sessions over the next few weeks, covering nanoscale surface analysis topics including:
- AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy)
- Nanoindentation
- Tribology
- Nanoscale infrared spectroscopy
- Optical profiling
- …and more
Blue Scientific is the official distributor for Bruker Nano Surface Analysis instruments in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. For more information or quotes, please get in touch.
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During the current situation with COVID-19, while it may not be possible or safe to travel, attend events or continue work in the lab as normal, Bruker are sharing a series of free online training sessions to help you make the most of your time.
If you’re working from home, online training is the perfect way to stay in touch with the scientific community and make the most of your time while it may be difficult to continue work as normal.
Schedule
There’ll be two educational sessions a day over the next few weeks, presented by Bruker technical staff. You’re welcome to attend as many sessions as you wish.
The online sessions will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday over the next few weeks, in the morning and afternoon. The first will be on Tuesday 31st March 2020.
Registration
Register for each session you’d like to attend on Bruker’s website, and you’ll receive a link to join. The full listing is available here.
Tuesday 31st March 2020
- AFM – A Force Toolkit for Characterising Biomaterials
10AM CET – Learn about various AFM approaches for studying the mechanical properties of biomaterials. - Introduction to Nanoindentation for Life Science Applications
3PM CET – How nanoindentation is used to characterise inhomogeneous biological materials.
Wednesday 1st April 2020
- Two Nanoscale IR Techniques: Photothermal AFM-IR and IR s-SNOM
10AM CET – An online demonstration showing the theoretical and practical background of nanoscale infrared measurements. - nanoIR3-s Online Demonstration (Photothermal AFM-IR)
3PM CET – Web demonstration showing how, in real-time, nanoscale chemical information can be obtained with the popular nanoIR3-s system.
Thursday 2nd April 2020
- Measuring Profile and Real Mean Roughness with 3D Optical Profilers
10AM CET – Learn the basis of roughness and associated ISO norms to measure Ra & Sa parameters. - 10 Years of PeakForce Tapping: Guide to ScanAsyst topography Measurements
3PM CET – Online demonstration about the theoretical and practical PeakForce Tapping technology for topography.
Tuesday 7th April 2020
- Investigating Dynamic Biological Processes with High-Speed AFM
10AM CET – New AFM techniques for studying e.g., binding of individual biomolecules at up to 1000 lines/second. - Nanoindentation of Metallic Samples
3PM CET – A discussion of hardness testing, indentation analysis following Oliver & Pharr (1992) and the benefits of hardness testing at the nanoscale for metallic samples.
Wednesday 8th April 2020
- Characterising Polymeric Materials with Photothermal AFM-IR
10AM CET – How Photothermal AFM-IR can provide new insights into your polymer research. - 10 Years of PeakForce Tapping: Imaging in Liquid
3PM CET – Online demonstration about the theory and practice of PeakForce Tapping technology for AFM imaging in liquid.
Thursday 9th April 2020
- Brake Pad Material Screening with the UMT Tribolab
10AM CET – How the UMT Tribolab can assist in the development of new brake pad material formulations. - Advanced Packaging Solutions by WLI Optical Profilers
3PM CET – QA/QC solutions for advanced packaging.
More courses will be announced following these over the next few weeks! Follow BlueScientific on Linked In or Twitter for updates.

Bruker Nano Surface Analysis Instruments
BlueScientific is the official Nordic distributor of the complete range of Bruker Nano Surface Analysis instruments:
More Information
If you’d like more information about any of these techniques, please get in touch – we’re available to provide quotes and answer all your questions: