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Our aim is to purchase an instrument that can be used for nano infrared (IR) spectroscopy and imaging, and hence enables us to obtain chemical information on the nano scale. The instrument will be used in several different research fields, including local corrosion of metal surfaces, wear, proteins involved in Alzheimer’s disease, geochemistry, plant sciences, nanocomposites, solar energy devices, and wood science. For the instrument offered, both IR spectra and IR images must be possible to acquire with a spatial resolution of a few tens of nanometers (nm). Further, the instrument must be able to generate a topography image on the nano scale around the area probed in the IR measurements. The technique must be well established. The obtained data must be possible to analyze with common software.