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Electron and ion microscopes use magnetic and/or electrostatic lenses to focus beams of charged particles for imaging and compositional analysis at an atomic resolution of below 0.1 nm. This channel also includes X-ray microscopy, atom probe microscopy and other high resolution imaging technology.

Monthly highlights

Agilent 8500 compact field-emission scanning electron microscope

Agilent Technologies has introduced the Agilent 8500 field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). The 8500 is a compact system that offers researchers a field-emission scanning electron microscope for low-voltage, high-performance imaging in their own laboratory

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News & features

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Zeiss introduces correlative light and electron microscopy solution for life sciences

02 September 2010
Carl Zeiss has introduced a unique hardware/software interface to connect light and scanning electron microscopes for correlative microscopy in the life sciences. The “Shuttle & Find” interface enables users to recall regions of interest in fixed specimens in an electron microscope, which were previously identified in a light microscope and vice versa
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Xradia introduces the 50-nm resolution UltraXRM X-ray microscope

23 August 2010
A new CT system capable of delivering synchrotron-like 3D imaging at 50 nm resolution within a laboratory setting has been launched by Xradia, Inc. The UltraXRM-L200 microscope uses state of the art X-ray optics originally developed for synchrotron research facilities to enable best-in-class resolution and efficiency
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FEI announces two grand prize winners in the 2010 Owner Image Contest

20 August 2010
FEI is proud to announce the two grand prize winners in the 2010 Owner Image Contest. After six months and more than 250 entries, the grand prize for Technical Merit goes to Dr Harald Plank of the Institute for Electron Microsopy, FELMI - TU Graz, Austria, for his April entry "Platinum Nanorods". The Most Popular Image, chosen from more than 1,100 online and text votes, is Dr Clifford Barnes of the University of Ulster, UK, for his entry "Spaghetti Junction"