JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the Schwille Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry near Munich using JPK’s NanoWizard® ULTRA Speed AFM to study living membrane systems. Dr Henri Franquelim is a Post Doc researcher at the Max Planck Institute […]

Over the past decade, atomic force microscopes (AFMs) have been instrumental in understanding the nanoscale morphology of photovoltaic (PV) materials, an essential step to improving their performance. However, characterising the photoresponse of these materials with the AFM has often required a great deal of custom instrumentation development on the researcher’s part. To simplify these measurements, […]

  EDAX Granted Patent for Neighbor Pattern Averaging and Reindexing (NPAR) Routine MAHWAH, NJ – EDAX Inc., a business unit of AMETEK Materials Analysis Division, has been granted a U.S. patent for the technology that underlies its NPAR Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) routine in EDAX’s TEAM and OIM Analysis software packages. The NPAR method utilizes an […]

Contributing to the development and manufacturing of cutting edge semiconductors Tokyo, Japan —Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (TSE: 8036, Hitachi High-Tech) announced that cumulative shipments of advanced Critical Dimension measurement Scanning Electron Microscopes (CD-SEMs*1) manufactured and sold by Hitachi High-Tech have exceeded 5,000 units. Since the launch in 1984, Hitachi High-Tech’s CD-SEMs have dominated the market due […]

SANTA BARBARA, California – Bruker has released the NanoMechanics Lab™, a suite of force-mapping modes that enable Dimension FastScan® and Icon® AFM systems to perform quantitative nanoscale characterization, extending from soft hydrogels and polymers to stiff metals and ceramics. The NanoMechanics Lab encompasses a broad range of nanoscale AFM measurement techniques, including the well-established Force Volume mode, as well as the new high-accuracy […]

ZEISS continues its strategic, global investment and growth trajectory New integrated high-tech site, which will benefit the entire region and bring together all local ZEISS units by 2023 Founding site of Jena to remain one of the top innovation hubs for ZEISS Plans to forge closer links to science, teaching and local industry The state […]

Your all-access pass to your next breakthrough. Sunnyvale, California Molecular Devices announced today the launch of the new SpectraMax® iD5 Multi-Mode Microplate Reader, a feature-rich platform that expands the boundaries of scientific research. This five-mode microplate reader with automatic filter identification and western blot capability is the complete laboratory solution to help scientists increase their […]

Laughton, United Kingdom: Quorum Technologies, market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation products, continue to expand their network of customer support facilities worldwide. The latest laboratory is located at Nanjing Agricultural University, China, in association with distributors, Nanjing Tansi Technology Company. Quorum’s dedication to support of their users is further emphasised […]

October 6th marks the beginning of a new partnership between Leica Microsystems and ICFO- The Institute of Photonic Sciences. The new collaboration agreement, signed by the leading microscopy company and the Barcelona based research institute, aims to promote and establish ICFO as a new European Nanoscopy Imaging Reference Site for Leica. As such, ICFO’s experts […]

Cryo-electron microscopes are used to “see the molecules inside the cell and how they interact” WALTHAM, Mass. — The 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes the pioneering work of three scientists, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson, whose breakthrough developments in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have helped to broaden the use of this technology within the structural biology community. The winners […]