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Nanscope® IV SPM System Wins 2001 R&D 100 Award
Nanscope® IV SPM System Wins 2001 R&D 100 Award
Jul 13, 2001
Nanscope® IV SPM System Wins 2001 R&D 100 Award
Jul 13, 2001
Santa Barbara, CA, July 13, 2001 — Digital Instruments, Veeco Metrology Group has been selected as an award winning developer of one of this year's R&D 100 award winning technologies. The technology selected is a revolutionary new Scanning Probe/Atomic Force Microscopy system - the NanoScope® IV, which provides enhanced speed, resolution, sensitivity, functionality, and flexibility, and is an enabling tool for nanoscience and nanotechnology. The NanoScope IV system takes existing nanotechnology capabilities a giant step forward to "see", sense and manipulate at the atomic and molecular scales. NanoDevices, Inc., of Santa Barbara, CA is a co-winner of the award, and helped develop the fast scan technology used in the NanoScope IV.
As the next generation scanning probe/atomic force microscope system, the NanoScope IV improves conventional SPM/AFM systems in every important aspect of operation including: up to 10 times faster scanning; up to one hundred times higher lateral data resolution on large scans; up to 10 times higher sensitivity; vastly improved accuracy of positioning; and expanded customizable measurement and analysis capabilities. These capabilities not only improve the productivity and results of surface analyses, but also enable manipulation of materials and specimens at the nano-scale. In addition, the NanoScope IV SPM System represents some of the most important advances in SPM/AFM technology in over a decade since the first commercial AFMs were developed. These advances will benefit thousands of SPM/AFM users worldwide, and aid in the development of nanotechnology, new electrical and opto-electronic products, and new biomedical advances.
Ken Babcock, Vice President of Research and Development for Digital Instruments/Veeco Metrology Group, commented: "It's great to see the NanoScope IV recognized as an important advance in SPM, and we look forward to seeing it used in cutting-edge nanoscience research."
Veeco Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide leader in process equipment and metrology tools for the optical telecommunications, data storage, semiconductor and research markets. Manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New York, California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and service offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Veeco can be found at www.veeco.com.
As the next generation scanning probe/atomic force microscope system, the NanoScope IV improves conventional SPM/AFM systems in every important aspect of operation including: up to 10 times faster scanning; up to one hundred times higher lateral data resolution on large scans; up to 10 times higher sensitivity; vastly improved accuracy of positioning; and expanded customizable measurement and analysis capabilities. These capabilities not only improve the productivity and results of surface analyses, but also enable manipulation of materials and specimens at the nano-scale. In addition, the NanoScope IV SPM System represents some of the most important advances in SPM/AFM technology in over a decade since the first commercial AFMs were developed. These advances will benefit thousands of SPM/AFM users worldwide, and aid in the development of nanotechnology, new electrical and opto-electronic products, and new biomedical advances.
Ken Babcock, Vice President of Research and Development for Digital Instruments/Veeco Metrology Group, commented: "It's great to see the NanoScope IV recognized as an important advance in SPM, and we look forward to seeing it used in cutting-edge nanoscience research."
Veeco Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide leader in process equipment and metrology tools for the optical telecommunications, data storage, semiconductor and research markets. Manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New York, California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and service offices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. Additional information on Veeco can be found at www.veeco.com.