APE research
A.P.E. Research (APE) is an SME located at Trieste (Italy) develops and produces high-resolution probe microscopes (STMs, AFMs, KPFMs, C-AFMs and SNOMs), instrumentation for surface and condensed matter physics and develops new biological analysis methods of investigation based on SPMs. The company, established in 1996, is officially recognized as a spin-off from the INFM (Italian National Institute for Condensed Matter Physics).