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Boost for Production of Scanning Probe Microscopes
The Supervisory Council of Rusnano has approved the corporation's participation in a project to widen production of measuring-analytical equipment for nanotechnology in material sciences, biology, and medicine. The project will bring existing production of scanning probe microscopes and atomic scales at Advanced Technologies Center, project initiator, to a new level of high-tech sophistication. The total budget for the project is 387 million rubles. The company will invest 140 million rubles in the project company. The primary product will be scanning probe microscopes-fine-line instruments used primarily for mechanical movement of a probe (cantilever) in studies of the surface of objects. Their levels of precision are around one nanometer. In addition, the project company will produce atomic scales capable of determining the presence of particles of various substances at the level of an individual atom. One promising direction for such scales is their application as delicate biosensors. Project implementation will extend to organizing commercial production of FemtoScan scanning probe microscopes and atomic scales with maximum commonality of mechanical and electronic units. There are plans as well for a design center that will conduct studies to perfect technology, carry out engineering developments, and certify prototypes and models. The center would supply the software, which facilitates work controlling the instrument and work processing the images that are obtained. The project company expects to reach design capacity-300 analytic instruments with sales of 750 million rubles annually-in 2015. Russian high-tech companies are expected to purchase 53 percent of the systems in that year.
Keywords: FemtoScan Rusnano Scanning Probe Microscopes
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