OVERVIEW
BEETLE FAMILY
UNMATCHED PERFORMANCE FROM 25 K TO 1500 K
RHK’s VT Beetle is the most mechanically and thermally stable of all variable temperature SPM designs on the market. Based on the proven “Johnny Walker” Beetle™ design, the user can switch easily between STM and AFM in UHV, and exchange and store samples, tips and probes in UHV. Wide VT operation from 25 K (LHe) to 1500 K is coupled with easily aligned AFM enabling a full range of techniques from advanced NC-AFM to true quantitative friction force measurements. The Beetle is available in a variety of configurations, from kits for atmospheric operation to complete variable temperature systems. RHK’s specialized Beetle systems provide Variable Magnetic Fields, specialized Optical access for optical beam studies, and SEM-guided probe positioning. When the Beetle is integrated with RHK’s prep-analysis chambers for a multi-technique nanotech research platform, the performance and capabilities are unmatched.

Beetle UHV VT STM
The classic standard in VT STM, with the best stability from 25K to 1500K.

Beetle UHV VT AFM
Performance and versatility from the most mechanically and thermally stable VT SPMs available.

Beetle UHV VT VMF
Ex-vacuum electromagnets require no cooling and provide continuously variable & reversible fields up to 1 Tesla. The field can be varied real-time while imaging.

Beetle UHV VT AFM/SEM
Bridging the gap between resolution and field of view. SEM-guided probe placement in a wide field of view, integrated with uncompromised AFM/STM resolution. Your science on target.

Beetle Ambient STM/AFM
Atmospheric Beetle systems provide a versatile atmospheric STM/AFM-beam deflection nanotech research instrument. RHK’s thoughtful, modular design allows a straightforward, economical upgrade path to high-vacuum or UHV variable temperature capabilities when research objectives change.
Every day, in universities and government labs around the globe, RHK research platforms lead to new discoveries in Nanoscience.
BEETLE FAMILY
GALLERY
BEETLE FAMILY
PUBLICATIONS
With its proven, time-tested design, the Beetle SPM continues to provide a remarkable, multi-purpose platform for researchers to generate a significant number of publications today. Below is a partial bibliography with references from our Beetle users. We make every effort to include as many papers as possible, but it is unlikely that we catch them all. Please email us if you have recently published a paper using an RHK SPM or if you wish to receive more information on a specific application.
Publications
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Argon-plasma-controlled optical reset in the SiO2/Cu filamentary resistive memory stack
Kawashima, T., et al. Applied Physics Letters 112.21 (2018): 213505.
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A sensitive calorimetric technique to study energy (heat) exchange at the nano-scale
Basta, Luca, et al. Nanoscale (2018).
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Adsorption and Structure of Chiral Epoxides on Pd(111): Propylene Oxide and Glycidol
Mahapatra, Mausumi, and Wilfred T. Tysoe. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122.2 (2018): 1215-1222.
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Evolution of Metastable Defects and Its E ect on the Electronic Properties of MoS2 Films
Precner, Marian, et al. Scientific reports 8 (2018).
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Growth and Structure of Tb2O3(111) Films on Pt(111)
Lee, Christopher, Vikram Mehar, and Jason F. Weaver. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122.18 (2018): 9997-10005.
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Kim, Yongman, et al. Langmuir 34.21 (2018): 6003-6009.
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Mechanism of Soft and Hard Breakdown in Hexagonal Boron Nitride 2D Dielectrics
Ranjan, A., et al. Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2018 IEEE International. IEEE, 2018.
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Rapid Water Permeation Through Carbon Nanomembranes with Sub-Nanometer Channels
Yang, Yang, et al. ACS nano (2018).
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Ranjan, A., et al. Scientific reports 8.1 (2018): 2854.
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Decomposition of methanol-d4 on Au–Rh bimetallic nanoclusters on a thin film of Al2O3/NiAl(100)
Lee, Hsuan, et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20.16 (2018): 11260-11272.
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Ordering of Air-Oxidized Decanethiols on Au(111)
Sotthewes, Kai, et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122.15 (2018): 8430-8436.
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Random telegraph noise in 2D hexagonal boron nitride dielectric films
Ranjan, A., et al. Applied Physics Letters 112.13 (2018): 133505.
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Cavallucci, Tommaso, et al. Carbon 130 (2018): 466-474.
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Bukhtiyarov, Andrey, et al. Faraday discussions (2018).
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Kim, Hidong, et al. Applied Surface Science 439 (2018): 122-127.
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Pham, Viet Hung, et al. / Carbon 126 (2018): 135-144.
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Structure dependent spin selectivity in electron transport through oligopeptides
Vankayala Kiran, Sidney R. Cohen, and Ron Naaman / The journal of physical chemistry 146, 092302 (2017)
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One-Pot Reaction for the Preparation of Biofunctionalized Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Surfaces
Raigoza, Annette F., et al. / Applied Surface Science 394 (2017): 288-296.
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Drabo, Mebougna L., et al. / Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering 5.04 (2017): 9.
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Graphene Visualizes the Ion Distribution on Air-Cleaved Mica
Bampoulis, Pantelis, et al. / Scientific reports 7 (2017): 43451.
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Growth of C60 thin films on Al2O3:NiAl(100) at early stages
Hsu, S-C., et al. / Physica B: Condensed Matter (2017).
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von Bilderling, Catalina, et al. / Review of Scientific Instruments 88.1 (2017): 013703.
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Near atomically smooth alkali antimonide photocathode thin films
Feng, Jun, et al. / Journal of Applied Physics 121.4 (2017): 044904.
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Stripe magnetic domains in CeY2Fe5O12 (Ce-YIG) epitaxial films
Ghising, Pramod, Z. Hossain, and R. C. Budhani. / Applied Physics Letters 110.1 (2017): 012406.
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Lee, Hsuan, et al. / RSC Advances 7.22 (2017): 13362-13371.
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The nucleation, growth and thermal stability of iron clusters on a TiO2(110) surface
Madej, Ewa, et al. / Applied Surface Science 416 (2017): 144-151.
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Ultrafast terahertz control of extreme tunnel currents through single atoms on a silicon surface
Jelic, Vedran, et al. / Nature Physics 13.6 (2017): 591-598.
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New Pt/Alumina model catalysts for STM and in situ XPS studies
Nartova, Anna V., et al. / Applied Surface Science 401 (2017): 341-347.
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Chemical vapor deposition growth of bilayer graphene in between molybdenum disulfide sheets
Kwieciñski, Wojciech, et al. / Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 505 (2017): 776-782.

