MUNICH, Germany – At Analytica 2012, Bruker Nano Analytics introduces XFlash®6, the next generation of silicon drift detectors (SDD) for energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) on electron microscopes. With the availability of large detector sizes up to 100 mm2, energy resolution down to 121 eV, and throughput up to incredible 600 kcps, the XFlash®6 series […]

WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced that it will showcase technologies and services at the Analytica 2012 conference in Munich, Germany, April 17-20, at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Booth 401, Hall 2. PerkinElmer’s innovative solutions provide customers […]

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the immediate availability of Express Test, an ultrafast way to conduct high-precision nanomechanical tests on a broad range of materials. Designed for exclusive use with the popular Agilent Nano Indenter G200, this revolutionary new system option allows 100 indents to be performed at 100 different surface sites in […]

Bruker Nano Surfaces Division (Tucson, AZ) has shipped 100 DektakXT™ Stylus Surface Profiling System since the product launched last April. The DektakXT features improved ease of use and the industry’s best step height repeatability of better than 5 angstroms, 1 sigma. These and other performance characteristics have already made DektakXT the new industry standard for […]

A microsite dedicated to the natural resource industries has been launched today by Carl Zeiss. The sustainable use of natural resources is dependent upon improving the efficiency of the mining, refining and end production industries. The new microsite from Carl Zeiss addresses the challenges for natural resource industries and demonstrates how pioneering microscopy solutions can […]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, has released a new handbook of accessories for its family of SPM systems. Modularity is one of the most important parameters when selecting instrumentation for laboratory use today. Having the ability to add new tools and techniques for relatively […]

Double Helix LLC of Boulder and the University of Colorado have completed an exclusive option agreement to allow Double Helix to develop a novel technique for 3D super-resolution imaging. The technology was developed by CU-Boulder Professor Rafael Piestun of the electrical and computer engineering department. Super-resolution — techniques to enhance the resolution of an imaging […]