RALEIGH, N.C — Protochips, maker of in situ electron microscopy, shipped its 100th system: a Double Tilt Aduro™ 300 was sent to Dr. David Muller, co-director, Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science. Muller uses the system to further his research on ferroelectric materials.

“This is our second system from Protochips after our productive experiences with the Poseidon Electrochemistry system,” Muller said. “The image stability and resulting resolution is unparalleled.”

In addition to image and data quality, researchers appreciate that the Aduro and Poseidon™ technologies allow imaging in real time at temperatures up to 1200 C. Protochips’ technology now enables scientists to complete real-time, dynamic thermal studies at extremely high resolutions up to the atomic level, which solves two problems:

High-Temperature Reactions: Researchers exploring high-temperature reactions were forced to deal with high drift rates and very slow response times that severely limited the applications that could be studied. The Aduro E-chip consumables, which can be specifically tailored to the exact needs of an experiment, replace the traditional TEM grid and provides thermal or electrical stimuli to the sample.

Liquid Environments: Researchers working with samples that had to be frozen or couldn’t be imaged live couldn’t study the samples in their native environments or in real time. The Poseidon E-chip consumables increase flexibility by allowing customization of volume and flow path on a per-experiment basis. The Poseidon system is also available in an electrochemistry configuration that introduces electrical testing within a liquid environment inside of the microscope.

“Protochips is unique because we develop both the hardware and the semiconductor consumables,” explains David Nackashi, the company’s CEO. “We can optimize for a level of performance, resolution and safety that no one else in the market can match.”

About Protochips

Protochips is a 10-year-old Raleigh, N.C.-based company providing revolutionary products and technologies for the in situ electron microscopy market. Its products are used widely in catalysis, batteries and fuel cells, inks and pigments, and a variety of life sciences applications. Protochips’ innovative E-chip consumable technology is fundamentally changing the way in situ microscopy is performed. More information can be found at www.protochips.com.