5 August 2009 - Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that the Nicolet IN10 MX-FT-IR microscope has been selected for an R+D100 Award by R+D Magazine judges.
The judges highlighted the Nicolet IN10 MX's capability to efficiently address the main challenges associated with infrared microscopy, namely system integration, complexity, accuracy and speed.
The microscope offers high-speed imaging and accuracy while the built-in sampling and analytical procedures ensure ease-of-use.
Infrared microscopes currently require attachment to an external infrared spectrometer, with the spectrometer's excitation energy redirected through the microscope.
The Nicolet IN10 MX incorporates all of the spectrometer's infrared optics in a single, integrated system, providing higher optical efficiency for improved sampling, enabling use of a room temperature infrared detector and reducing bench space.
In addition, the Nicolet iN10 MX eliminates the need for specialist training in microscopy or spectroscopy as several assisted sampling and analytical procedures are built into the microscope's optical operation and software.
The FT-IR microscope enables the analysis of samples as small as three to four microns, allowing for single-point analyses as well as mapping or chemical imaging analyses.
