Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) is one of several techniques for surface analysis in which the sample is probed in order to determine its elemental composition. Most of these techniques involve directing a focused beam toward a spot on the sample’s surface in order to probe it, and use detectors to analyze any emitted response. In […]
Company Announcements Oxford Instruments entered into an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement in November 2012 to sell Dune Sciences’ Silicon Half Grids for in situ focused ion beam sample preparation. WITec named Spectra Research a Canadian sales representative and Advanced Technology Solutions its exclusive distributor for Israel. Attolight named Quantum Design China a Chinese distributor. In […]
Surface science includes a number of different microscopic techniques that make use of different forms of illumination or probes to create images of samples. While some instruments provide only imaging data, most can also provide various forms of analytical information about the sample. The total market demand for surface science instrumentation is forecast to reach […]
Company Announcements WITec announced in August the opening of regional offices in Tokyo, Japan and Barcelona, Spain. Lawrence A. Bock resigned from FEI’s Board in August. Endeeper, a software and services companies for geological data, signed a long-term representation agreement with Carl Zeiss of Brazil. Applikon Biotechnology signed a long-term marketing and distribution agreement for […]
Next spring, Carl Zeiss will begin shipping its Lightsheet Z.1 Light Sheet Microscope System, which was introduced this month at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. The original light sheet microscopy technology the System is based on was introduced by Carl Zeiss in the 1900s and has been adapted for three-dimensional fluorescence imaging in biology. […]
Earlier this month, the European Commission (EC) released the “Communication on the Second Regulatory Review on Nanomaterials” report (the Review), along with a Working Paper on nanomaterial types and uses (the Working Paper). The Review highlighted the potential benefits of new nanomaterials and new uses, including electronics, solar panels, batteries and biomedical applications. Established uses […]
Company Announcements Leica Microsystems announced in July the establishment of direct operations to serve the US states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. In July, Asylum Research appointed Advanced Technological Solutions as its exclusive distributor in Israel. Product Introductions Nanosurf introduced in June the NaioSTM (scanning tunneling microscope) for nanoeducation. The successor to the […]
Company Announcements In May, Russian state company RUSNANO sold its 27.6% equity stake in Advanced Technologies Center, the provider of the FemtoScan scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) and atomic scales, to NPP CPT. Sales for Carl Zeiss’s Microscopy business grew 1.6% to €310 million ($413 million) in the fiscal half year ending March 31. Carl Zeiss […]
Hillsboro, OR 8/20/12; Tokyo, Japan 8/21/12—Hitachi High-Technologies and FEI have settled their Japanese patent dispute related to focused ion beam technology for electron microscopes. Under the agreement, FEI will make a one-time payment of $15 million, Hitachi High-Technologies will dismiss its pending claims and the firms will cross license patents. Having previously recorded a $5.4 […]
Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California, hosted the Semicon West semiconductor and electronics tradeshow from July 10 to 12. As it has in the past few years, the conference was held in conjunction with the Intersolar solar energy show, held at Moscone West over the same days. Preliminary totals from the organizing body, the […]
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