Dept. of Energy to invest $32 million in projects to develop new functional materials

Published: June 17, 2019

The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, announces that it will invest $32 million over the next four years to accelerate the design of new materials through use of supercomputers.

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Nikon-Jeol NeoScope SEM includes high-vacuum functionality for efficient analysis

Published: June 10, 2019

Nikon Instruments, Melville, N.Y., and Jeol USA, Peabody, Mass., have developed a powerful yet economical benchtop scanning electron microscope: the JCM-6000Plus NeoScope, a touch panel controlled multifunctional SEM.

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New Olympus digital microscope analyzes samples with 20 to 7000X magnification range

Published: June 10, 2019

Olympus Corp., Tokyo, announces the global launch of the DSX1000 digital microscope with guaranteed high- and low-magnification accuracy and precision in a single instrument, for industries such as electronics, metals, semiconductors, automotive, aerospace, and medical devices.

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Keyence VHX 7000 digital microscope features expanded memory, one-click focus

Published: June 10, 2019

Keyence, Itasca, Ill., introduces the VHX-7000 Series digital microscope, the first model to feature the Focus View function, which enables simultaneous viewing of the lens and the target

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Intel Custom Foundry to collaborate with USC for integrated circuit design and fabrication

Published: June 09, 2019

The University of Southern California’s Viterbi Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and Intel Custom Foundry announce a collaboration to design, fabricate, and package integrated circuits through its MOSIS unit.

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Thermo Scientific Meridian 7 system provides visible laser voltage imaging and probing

Published: June 09, 2019

Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass., has developed the Meridian 7 system, which provides visible laser voltage imaging and probing, as well as dynamic laser stimulation on sub-10nm devices.

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Materion QMet 300 copper-chromium-silver strip alloy designed for high current

Published: June 07, 2019

Materion Corp.,. Mayfield Heights, Ohio, introduces QMet 300 alloy, a high-performance strip alloy that offers a combination of high conductivity, strength, and formability to meet needs in the consumer electronics and automotive markets.

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Sandvik 3D prints diamond composite with high hardness and high heat conductivity

Published: May 23, 2019

Sandvik Additive Manufacturing, Sweden, announces that it has developed a technology for producing a 3D-printed diamond composite part with a complex shape, extremely high hardness, and exceptional heat conductivity.

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Rigaku Smart Sample Loading System enables vacuum chuck to load 50-gram specimens

Published: May 20, 2019

Rigaku, Japan, introduces its new Smart Sample Loading System (SSLS), in which a vacuum chuck can be used to load samples into pre-loaded sample holders, saving time and increasing the number of samples that can be held on the sample deck

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Hitachi High-Technologies launches scanning electron microscopes for large specimens

Published: May 20, 2019

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Tokyo, announces that it will commence sales of the SU3800 and the oversized SU3900 scanning electron microscopes, which feature the ability to accommodate large, heavy specimens, along with advanced functionalities for automated measurement and wide-angle camera navigation.

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