Photonics Circle of Excellence Award for device which brings together for the first time in one commercial instrument, Raman, AFM, and NSOM imaging techniques
The awards, conferred annually, honour the 25 most technically innovative new products of the year, as judged by the members of Laurin Publishing's Photonics Spectra editorial advisory board.
The Raman/AFM/NSOM system was chosen for one of these awards in 2002 from hundreds of entries submitted from around the world.
The award winning product is based upon a transparent integration between standard Renishaw Raman spectroscopy systems and standard Nanonics AFM/NSOM systems, and brings together for the first time in one commercial instrument, Raman, AFM, and NSOM imaging techniques.
Users can co-ordinate tip movement with spectrum acquisition, and perform simultaneous and correlated Raman and scanned probe microscopy.
The Hoya crystal award sculpture was presented to Zhenhuan Chi, Renishaw's spectroscopy representative for west coast USA, by Tuckerman Moss, Laurin Publishing's senior technical editor, at the Circle of Excellence award ceremony in San Jose, California on 27 January 2003.
