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Spectra Research will be attending these three conferences this summer:
Surfance Canada 2013 Conference in London, Ontario. May 7-10, 2013
15th Photonics North Conference in Ottawa, Ontario. June 3-5, 2013
96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Quebec, Quebec. May 26-30, 2013
Technicians skilled in developing, characterizing and testing food and its processability, and with an understanding of rheology, will be interested in the complimentary webinar being offered by Thermo Scientific on November 13, 2012.
Combining rheology with other analytical techniques allows for a better understanding of the flow and behaviour of food products. The combined results can correlate specific macroscopic flow and application phenomena with micro/molecular structure. These methods can be used for:
– time and temperature dependent behaviour, gelatinization, gelification, cross-linking, crystallization, melting and freezing
– particle size and particle size distribution
– aggregation and disaggregation, thixotropy
– correlation with microstructure via in-situ microscopy
– mouth feeling, spreadability and processability
Date and time:
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 11 a.m. EDT
Language:
English
Duration:
1 hour
Thermo Scientific provides material characterization solutions that analyze and measure viscosity, elasticity, processability and temperature-related mechanical changes of plastics, food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and coatings, chemical or petrochemical products, plus a wide variety of liquids or solids.
Please visit the Thermo Scientific website to register.
Imagine an AFM that routinely images the DNA double helix (top image) and atomic point defects (bottom) – in any environment.
We invite you to Booth 510 at the MRS Fall Meeting for an exclusive preview of the new Environmental Scanner for Cypher.
The Cypher Environmental Scanner is a modular and customizable platform with sample temperature control in a wide spectrum of environments. The Environmental Scanner is designed around a sealed cell which can sustain moderate positive pressures and uses chemically inert materials, such as fused silica and FFKM, to provide a controlled environment while maintaining accurate and distortion free imaging.
Cypher offers the widest range of scanning environments:
If your experiments require a glove box, Cypher can also be operated in this configuration.
MFP-3D™ AFM – High Resolution,
Closed-loop Precision, and Flexibility
We’ll also be featuring the MFP-3D, the most versatile AFM platform with numerous environmental accessories and advanced scanning modes. The MFP-3D can be configured as:
Both the MFP-3D and Cypher AFMs scan with all standard AFM imaging modes (tapping, contact, MFM, phase, etc.), and numerous exclusive imaging modes:
Calorimetry and thermal analysis methods, alone or linked to other techniques, will be described and applied to the characterization of catalysts, oxides, metals, supports, adsorbents, polymers, composites, food, pharmaceuticals, mesoporous solids, ionic liquids, phase change materials, heat storage materials, hydrogen storage materials. Examples will be given in various domains: catalytic reactions, air and wastewater treatment, clean and renewable energies, refining of hydrocarbons, green chemistry, hydrogen production and storage, CO2 capture, interseasonal heat storage, food chemistry, polymers…
Atomic force microscopes (AFM) offer atomic-scale resolution for imaging applications in life sciences and materials research.
But AFM’s often come with a very expensive price tag – which can make it a challenge for scientists to afford this technology in these days of shrinking research budgets.
Earlier this month, our partners at Asylum Research introduced a high performance solution that expands the reach of atomic force microscopes to researchers with limited budgets for imaging instrumentation. This new AFM eliminates some of the more advanced accessories and features of the high-end models without sacrificing core performance.
“This is in stark contrast to some competitors who have taken old technology and repackaged it as entry-level AFMs with lower performance,” says Ben Ohler, AFM Business Manager, in an Asylum Research news release. “(This model) is based on the technology-leading MFP-3D AFM, known for closed-loop precision, high-resolution imaging, and low-noise force measurements.”
This model – the MFP-3D Origin – is great news for the AFM research community. It offers far more than just the basic scan modes that you’d expect in a more affordable model and it includes many advanced modes such as nanolithography, Dual AC Mode and piezoresponse force microscopy.
Like the higher-performance model it’s based on, it can be used for a variety of applications in material science, physics, data storage and semiconductors, polymers, chemistry, biomaterials and bioscience. The MFP-3D can be used for single molecule mechanical experiments on DNA, protein unfolding and polymer elasticity, as well as force measurements on biomaterials and polymers.
Until now, purchasing a lower cost AFM meant sacrificing resolution, scan speed, or the availability of sophisticated imaging modes. With the advent of the Origin from Asylum Research, a limited budget does not translate into limited research.
Please contact us and speak to one of our sales representatives to request a quote or more information on any of our products.