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I recently sent in our Multimode 8 for repair (the screen was malfunctioning), with the most likely cause being overheating from the thick foam "boot" we place over the entire set up. The boot is essentially just a capped cylinder that can be placed over the entire AFM. Generally this boot helps to reduce the noise from the environment (the

I'm new to AFM, and still follow written instructions from previous researchers in order to complete any necessary calibrations prior to imaging. (Multimode 8, PFQNM). Per my instructions, I'm not to use the sapphire sample to calibrate deflection sensitivity, because it's contaminated, and should use the fused silica sample instead. Our