Research and technology

NanoScan benefits from its in-depth knowledge in nanotechnology, the synergies between its partners in science and industry and the close collaboration with the research group of the Institute of Physics at the University of Basel, a team with longstanding expertise in the field of magnetic microscopy. The brand new key product – NanoScan’s AFM-PPMS® – was engineered in collaboration with Empa Switzerland (Materials Science and Technology Institute, a ETH domain).

Images in place of fact sheets


NanoScan provides a special service for interested customers. Samples may be submitted for test measurements in order to prove the performance of the hr-MFM. The customer will receive prompt delivery of two images of the magnetic patterns measured.

Topography of the PZT grains

Grains of ferroelectric PZT (topography)

Domain pattern of normal polarization

Domain pattern of normal polarization (piezo-response mode)

Domain pattern of lateral polarization

Domain pattern of lateral polarization (piezo-response mode)

By courtesy of EMPA, Switzerland