Agar Scientific has announced that it has been appointed as distributor for Kleindiek Nanotechnik's nanopositioning products to the UK and Irish markets.
Due to miniaturisation in semiconductor technology, optics, micro-mechanics, medicine, gene and biotechnology, highly precise positioning techniques are becoming increasingly important.
The products meet and often exceed customer requirements, offering a new level of precision.
In-situ lift-out (INLO) techniques have become more reliable methods for preparation of samples requiring TEM and atom probe inspection.
However, despite their new-found popularity, they remain considerably more expensive than ex-situ lift-out techniques and require lots of valuable time on the FIB.
Time and cost factors call for a faster, simpler procedure without reducing the reliability of the technique.
The Lift-out Shuttle is Kleindiek Nanotechnik's answer to this problem: a tool offering the benefits of decreased cost, increased sample throughput, reduced FIB time and reliable results.
The Kleindiek range also includes workstations for use with most commercially available SEMs and FIBs.
For example, the Nanoworkstation makes high-end manipulation practical and affordable for industrial and research labs, allowing companies to remain competitive in a world where critical dimensions are now in the nanometer range.
