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New arrival of hard X-ray nanoprobe microscope to research lab for nano materials
Xradia, Inc has announced the delivery of the first hard x-ray Nanoprobe instrument, which has been developed together with the Argonne National Laboratory's Centre for Nanoscale Materials (CNM).
Xradia, Inc has announced the delivery of the first hard x-ray Nanoprobe instrument, which has been developed together with the Argonne National Laboratory's Centre for Nanoscale Materials (CNM). The NPI has been installed at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline (ID-26) at Argonne's Advanced Photon Source (APS).High resolution x-ray microscopy is of growing importance for research and industry in such diverse fields as alternative energy, advanced semiconductor development, bio technology and life sciences, advanced materials and nanotechnology. The ability of x-rays to penetrate samples of interest non-destructively, combined with x-ray optics that enable high-resolution microscopy, gives researchers and engineers access to knowledge about the inner structure and nature of objects both man-made and natural in origin. The NPI will be one of the major characterization tools at the Centre for Nanoscale Materials. "The Hard X-ray Nanoprobe will provide x-ray characterization at a spatial resolution of 30nm which substantially exceeds the optical limit," said Dr. Eric Isaacs, Director of CNM. "When integrated with CNM's materials synthesis, fabrication, theory and other characterization capabilities, the NPI will revolutionize the design of materials at the nanoscale," said Isaacs."This project will push the state of the art in x-ray microscopy to new levels of resolution, both in terms of x-ray optics, and precision mechanical design," said Dr. Jörg Maser, principal researcher at the Centre for Nanoscale Materials. "With their commercial leadership in x-ray optics, and turnkey x-ray microscope instrumentation, Xradia is specially qualified to contribute to the design and to execute much of the system construction," said Maser."We are delighted to be teaming up with CNM on this critical program," said Dr. Wenbing Yun, President and founder of Xradia. "Pushing x-ray optics to new levels of resolution, and marrying that with advanced system design and imaging software, opens up exciting new applications in a wide range of disciplines and also helps Xradia's commercial systems stay at the forefront," said Yun.
