Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the release of software features that enhance data quality and acquisition speed for multispectrum data handling.
The features enhance the Cyberready capabilities of the K-Alpha X-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS).
The K-Alpha is designed with full automation in mind, allowing users to conduct routine XPS analysis in-house.
It can be operated from anywhere in the world via the Advantage Data System.
The K-Alpha requires no manual interaction once the samples are loaded into the instrument.
Using a remote desktop, users can view real-time analysis and have full instrument control.
Internal calibration standards allow the instrument to be calibrated at the press of a button, ensuring optimum performance at all times.
Intuitive sample navigation tools for feature identification and alignment assist novice users with the acquisition of high quality XPS data from a range of samples.
K-Alpha's recipe mode of operation can fully automate analysis for a range of applications including polymers, coatings, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals or general surface engineering problems.
New software features include advanced spectral and image deconvolution routines, improved peak fitting operations and advanced ARXPS acquisition and processing tools.
These features further enhance data quality, acquisition speed, information content and allow for more intuitive control of large multi-spectrum data sets.
The robust design is suitable for both academic and industrial multi-user environments.
Auto-calibration and a full parameter audit trail makes K-Alpha the ideal solution for surface control and quality assurance applications.
Featuring a compact instrument footprint, the K-Alpha saves laboratory space and has a low cost of ownership.
Thermo Fisher will showcase the software features and Cyberready capabilities at the Thermo Scientific booth at the AVS 55th International Symposium 2008, 20-23 October in Boston.
