It has been over 30 years since the first focused ion beam was used to make a TEM specimen. FEI, a company that is now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, has been an essential part of helping take ion ...

Ion milling is a highly effective sample preparation technique that provides professionals across various industries and academic fields with valuable insights into complex microscale structures, ...

The Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy in Berlin, Germany (HZB, originally known as Hahn-Meitner Institute, HMI) has developed a novel technique for the cross-sectional sample preparation for ...

A provider of microscopic analysis services for device quality assurance has added ion milling to its laboratory’s sample preparation capabilities. Ion milling is a method of sample preparation that ...

The family of electron microscopy techniques have become staple methods for imaging nanoscale objects, including nanoparticles, viruses and proteins. The appeal of electron microscopy as a ...

Traditional methods, such as mechanical polishing and chemical etching, can introduce unwanted artifacts, surface damage, or thermal effects that compromise imaging accuracy and detail. That’s where ...

Prepare samples by coating, drying, etching, milling, polishing, and sectioning. The Leica CPD 030 Critical Point Dryer is a critical point drying device for biological and industrial samples. It uses ...