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Focused Ion Beam Microscopy: Deeper Insights into the Cell
Cryo-electron tomography provides high-resolution, three-dimensional insights into the cell. However, with this method only very small cells or thin peripheral regions of larger cells can be investigated directly. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in Martinsried, Germany have now developed a procedure to provide access to cellular regions which were previously nearly inaccessible.more
NanoArt 2011: Carbon Nanotubes Formed into a Tower
When Empa researchers receive prizes, it is usually to honour their scientific work. However, the photographs from the scanning electron microscope, taken by Siddhartha Pathak during his postdoctoral time at Empa in Thun, Switzerland have already been recognised several times for their aesthetic value. This was the case again recently, this time at "NanoArt 2011", where he was awarded first prize. more
Plasma FIB-FESEM Workstation Introduced By Tescan
Tescan has launched the FERA3 XMH - a high resolution Schottky Field Emission scanning electron microscope with a fully integrated Plasma source focused ion beam. The system has been developed in co-operation with the French company Orsay Physics. more
XEI Scientific Announces Shipment of 1000th Evactron System
XEI Scientific's has announced that their Evactron Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers now numbers more than 1,000 units worldwide.The Evactron in situ plasma cleaning solution is now seen as the standard for removal of hydrocarbon-based contamination in a large variety of vacuum systems around the world. more
3D Nanometer-Scale Characterization: Helios NanoLab DualBeam System from FEI
FEI has announced a solution for 3D, nanometer-scale characterization of pore networks. The Helios NanoLab DualBeam system images kerogen, porosity and microstructures in three dimensions (3D) with nanometer-scale resolution. The data are essential to determining the production potential of unconventional gas reservoirs, optimizing extraction procedures and designing simulators of the nanoscale pore structure. moreSep. 29, 2010Development and Market Opportunities for Hybrid AFM/DualBeam System
FEI Company announces that it has entered into an agreement to collaborate with Nanonics Imaging Ltd., based in Israel, to explore the feasibility of adding an atomic force microscope (AFM) to an FEI DualBeam focused ion beam (FIB)/scanning electron microscope (SEM) system. The AFM is used for imaging, measuring and manipulating matter at the nanoscale. It uses a mechanical probe to measure the surface topography of a sample. The DualBeam is a FIB/SEM system that provides three dimensional (3D) imaging and analysis down to the nanoscale. more
New Territory for Electron Microscopy in Life Sciences
The four software packages increase the throughput and ease-of-use of its electron microscopes for biological research. They make electron microscopes more useful for life science researchers involved in structural, cellular and tissue biology as they build the full solution from sample to biological answer. more
A World Novelty in Electron Microscopy
FIBLYS (or FIB anaLYSis) is a project to design and build united nano-structuring, nano-manipulation, nano-analytic and nano-vision capabilities in one unique ‘multi-nano' tool. It is based on a dual Focused Ion Beam (FIB) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) together with Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). FIB enables modification of samples, SEM fast real-time imaging while AFM provides the depth information. more
FIB Goes Live
NanoScope Services announced the release of its 'LiveFIB' web based consultancy capability. Customers may view their samples during modification and analysis at the nanometer level, live over a web-based video conferencing facility. This powerful visual aid is combined with a simultaneous audio link which allows the real time collaboration between a nano-researcher and the expert FIB operator processing their samples. This sets a new efficiency standard for rapid prototyping and analysis. 'LiveFIB' is offered free of charge, and can be accessed via shareware from your own home or office. more
How Shells Grow in Nature
Single crystals of the mineral calcite - the chief material in limestone - are predictable, homogeneous and, well, a little boring. Scientists have long marveled at how biological crystals of calcite grow together with other organic materials to form, for example, shells and sea urchin spines. Biologists and materials scientists would love to know exactly how to recreate such natural composites in the lab. more- Legal
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