The NanoStructures Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently

purchased and installed the Novelx mySEM®, a benchtop field emission scanning electron

microscope (SEM).

LAFAYETTE, CA – Novelx, Inc. announced that the NanoStructures Laboratory

at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently purchased and installed the

company’s award-winning benchtop field emission SEM, the Novelx mySEM.

The group which is a part of the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at MIT is focused on

fabrication of nanometer-length-scale devices that exploit quantum-mechanics and on the

application of these devices to the real world. The MIT researchers will now have a best-in-class

benchtop SEM in their own lab as they explore the next frontier of electronic and photonic devices

with their research into nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Lawrence Muray, CEO and co-founder of Novelx, describes, “We are pleased that MIT has

selected the Novelx mySEM and look forward to a close collaboration. In particular, we are

excited about the potential collaboration in the area of nanolithography and adding this important

capability to the mySEM platform.”

Powered by the patented Novelx Stacked Silicon Technology, the Novelx mySEM is a bench-top

SEM for imaging and characterizing nanoscale objects and materials. In a compact design that

installs easily into available lab space or closer to production lines, the mySEM delivers

capabilities previously only available in high-end field emission SEMs, at a fraction of the cost.

Optimized for low-voltage operation and without the need to coat non-conductive samples, the

mySEM is an ideal choice for the imaging of energy sensitive nanomaterials, biomaterials,

polymers, thin films and membranes. The mySEM has been recognized by both R&D Magazine

and the Wall Street Journal as one of the most technologically innovative products of 2009.

The Novelx mySEM is commercially available and in use by several leading university research

centers for the imaging of nanoscale objects and materials in a wide variety of fields that include

materials science and the life sciences. Industrial applications include the characterization of

nanomaterials at corporate product development labs, the failure analysis of nanoscale defects

and the quality assurance of nanomaterial-based products.

For additional information on the news that is the subject of this release, contact Jim Rynne or

visit www.novelx.com.

About Novelx:

Novelx is a privately held corporation based in Lafayette, CA that builds the only compact field

emission scanning electron microscope (SEM) available for imaging and characterizing

nanoscale objects and materials. In a compact design that installs easily, the award-winning

Novelx mySEM is optimized for low-voltage operation and delivers sub-10nm imaging capabilities

previously only available in high-end field emission SEMs, at a fraction of the cost. The

company’s patented Stacked Silicon technology is designed and built in California. More

information can be found at www.novelx.com.

mySEM is a registered trademark. The Novelx logo and Novelx Stacked Silicon Technology are

trademarks of Novelx, Inc.