Park Systems Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) world-leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopes (AFM), announces it has made an equity investment in Molecular Vista, (San Jose, Calif.). Molecular Vista produces AFM tools to probe and understand matter at the molecular level through quantitative visualization using infrared photo-induced force microscopy (IR PiFM).
PiFM is a combination of AFM and IR spectroscopy in a single instrument that acquires both topography and chemical signatures at the nanometer scale and is universally applicable to a wide range of organic and inorganic materials.
“We believe Molecular Vista’s exclusive technology places them at the forefront of one of the fastest-growing segments of the AFM industry,” comments Dr. Sang-il Park, CEO of Park Systems. “Sung Park and the talented management team at Molecular Vista have created a cutting-edge company with an exciting future, and we are thrilled to become part of it.”
AFM provides nanoscale topographic images and various other measurements including mechanical, electrical, and other physical characteristics of a sample. Now, with the addition of PiFM technology, it can provide researchers with chemical and molecular composition information combined with the nano physical data.
“The Park Systems investment will help us significantly expand our technology driven IR PiFM platform, filling a critical void in nanoscale molecular and chemical analysis,” states Sung Park, CEO of Molecular Vista. “We are honored that Park Systems, a leader in AFM since its inception, has become an equity partner.”
Park Systems also recently announced that it is among the top 500 on the Financial Times‘ list of High Growth Companies in Asia Pacific. The list is compiled with Statista, a German-based global research company. The sector with the biggest presence on the ranking is technology, with about a quarter of all the companies listed falling into this category.
About Park Systems
Park Systems is a world-leading manufacturer of atomic force microscopy (AFM) systems, with a complete range of products for researchers and engineers in the chemistry, materials, physics, life sciences, semiconductor, and data storage industries. Park Systems is a publicly traded corporation on the Korea Stock Exchange (KOSDAQ) with corporate headquarters in Suwon, Korea, and regional headquarters in Santa Clara, California, USA, Mannheim, Germany, Beijing, China, Tokyo, Japan, Singapore, and Mexico City, Mexico.
About Molecular Vista
Molecular Vista designs, develops, and provides tools that allow its customers to probe and understand matter at the molecular level through quantitative visualization. Its first product, VistaScope, provides a flexible hybrid atomic force microscopy (AFM) and optical spectroscopy platform for studying material and biological systems with chemical specificity with nanometer spatial resolution. VistaScope is equipped with patented photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM). Molecular Vista was founded by two industry veterans, Prof. Kumar Wickramasinghe (UC Irvine and formerly with IBM Research) and Dr. Sung Park (co-founder of Park Scientific Instruments).
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Image – Molecular Vista develops and sells a specialized AFM instrument called VistaScope with infrared photo induced force microscopy (IR PiFM), which provides nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy.
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