Anasys Instruments' nanoIR platform, a measurement tool that reveals the chemical composition of samples at the nanoscale, has been selected to receive an R and D 100 Award.
The nanoIR technology is targeted at global spectroscopy and microscopy markets, and is designed to overcome fundamental spatial-resolution limits in convention infrared microspectroscopy and the lack of chemical characterisation in atomic-force microscopy (AFM).
As a result, the company has exceeded spatial resolution in IR spectroscopy by more than an order of magnitude, and can now do local chemical characterisation and identification with the probe tip of an AFM.
In addition to revealing chemical composition, the nanoIR system provides high-resolution characterisation of local topographic, mechanical and thermal properties.
NanoIR is providing a new tool to help facilitate materials and life-science research at the nanoscale.
