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Depth Profile Analysis Using Focused Ion Beam-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Strict regulatory and energy conservation requirements imposed on the construction and design of modern buildings in recent years have provided challenges for the glass industry. Thin material-coated float glass is a resulting technological advancement, produced to minimize emissivity.

From Hiden Analytical 19 Jan 2016

Using the Hiden EQS Energy Resolving Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer for Electron Impact Sputtered Neutral Mass Spectrometry

Hiden Analytical’s EQS is a high transmission quadrupole secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) detector, featuring a 45° electrostatic, which allows simultaneous analysis of ion energy.

From Hiden Analytical 19 Jan 2016

How to Accurately and Efficiently Process Information from Scanning Probe Microscopy

AZoNano spoke to their founder and CEO, Jan F. Jørgensen, about SPM, the information their SPIP™ software elucidates for researchers and the continued evolution of the semiconductor industry.

From Image Metrology A/S 19 Jan 2016

Graphene Biosensors for Early Cancer Detection

Prof. Owen Guy, Director of Swansea University's Centre for Nanohealth, spoke to AZoNano about his research into graphene biosensors; which hold the promise of the rapid and accurate detection of disease in it's early stages.

By Jake Wilkinson 18 Dec 2015

Developing Graphene-Based Spin Field Effect Transistors

Developing a graphene-based spin field effect transistor, conducted at low temperatures in a magnetic environment.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 20 Nov 2017

Detecting Weak Raman Signals with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Spectroscopy is a technique widely used in analytical chemistry to identify and characterise samples of material.

From Pittcon 8 Dec 2015

Using Nonlinear Spectroscopic Techniques to Investigate Nanoparticles

Spectroscopy is a technique that is widely used to determine the identity, composition and properties of samples.

From Pittcon 20 Nov 2015

Working with Carbon Nanoparticles

Carbon nanoparticles are nanosized carbon elements created through various methods including carbonization, heating, activation, and grinding.

By Kris Walker 19 Nov 2015

Impacting Science Through Education

In this interview, Mike Blok, co-founder of Project Nano, an initiative designed to bring nanoscience and nanotechnology into schools using a Phenom desktop scanning electron microscope, speaks about the project and its successes.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom-World BV 18 Nov 2015

Types and Preparation of Nanomaterials

Nanomaterials are, as defined by Standford University's Environmental Health & Safety Department as "materials with a minimum of one external dimension that ranges in size between 1-100 nanometers

By Kris Walker 17 Nov 2015