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Introducing the new DENSsolutions In Situ TKD Stage
DENSsolutions introduces its new In Situ TKD Stage for heating and/or biasing inside a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The TKD Stage allows you to perform high resolution microstructural characterization using Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction (TKD) while heating or biasing your sample. Learn all about its innovative design and benefits in an interview with our Product Manager, Dr. Gin Pivak.
Scientists find an alternate route towards CO2 reduction
Using the DENSsolutions Climate system, scientists found for the first time that endothermic reactions can be achieved at room temperature using localized surface plasmons. This paramount discovery is a leap forward in the fight against climate change and global warming.
Achieving mass transport control with the award-winning Stream system
The DENSsolutions Stream system was designed to address the growing challenges faced by the LPTEM community. Thanks to its unique on-chip flow channel design, users can effectively control experimental conditions such as pressure, flow rate, liquid thickness, electrical potential and bubbles. These advantages are demonstrated by visualizing the in situ STEM growth of copper with multiple morphologies.
Improving the mechanical properties of 3D printed metal parts
In situ TEM helps to understand the microstructural changes in AlSi10Mg during 3D printing and post processing. This work provides the first correlative in-situ heating multiscale analysis of the powder and the additive produced AlSi10Mg alloy, allowing a unique insight into material transitions at the micro-and nanoscale.
EUSMI Nanostars Project
To enable the EUSMI Joint Research Activity (JRA) ‘Nanostars’, DENSsolutions developed a specialized holder for electron tomography at high temperatures. Now, in a joint effort between CIC biomaGUNE, EMAT and DENSsolutions we like to share with you a video that illustrates the importance of the EUSMI project in further developing the field of soft matter research.
Meet our new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Robert Endert
In order to continue the growth of our company and further advance the field of in-situ TEM, it is important that we keep investing in our commercial activities. The current worldwide situation encourages us to find innovative online ways to build and strengthen relationships with our customers and distributors. For this we were looking for a Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) who could take our company to the next level.
Stream LPEM system wins the Microscopy Today 2020 Innovation award
DENSsolutions is one of this year’s winners of the Microscopy Today Innovation Award. At the 2020 Microscopy & Microanalysis Virtual Meeting, DENSsolutions Stream LPEM system has been recognized as one of the ten most innovative products of the year. We interviewed CTO Dr. Hugo Pérez- Garza to learn exactly how the Stream system convinced the jury of its high degree of innovation that makes new scientific investigations possible.
In-situ imaging provides detailed insights on the dynamics of SMSI induced overlayer formation on catalyst particles
SMSI is a surface phenomena in which the migration of partially reduced oxide species, from the oxide support, covers the nanoparticle and thereby alters the chemisorption and catalytic properties. It can give rise to desired synergistic effects and increased selectivity. Now, using in situ TEM combined with other analytical techniques and theoretical modelling, researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to create a real time view of the SMSI phenomena.
New article about the Stream Liquid Heating system
We are proud to announce a new publication in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C, in which we collaborated with our customers to observe the temperature dependent etching behavior of silica nanoparticles inside the TEM. The paper discusses the design of the Stream system and how it allows to control the solution conditions inside the Nano-Cell. For this experiment, we were particularly interested in the comparison between in situ LPEM data and ex situ data from more traditional methods.
Wildfire In Situ heating system enables capturing the Structural evolution of co-catalysts
In this study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute (MPIE) designed a photocatalytic nanocomposite system with an ultimately thin semiconductor – a single crystal layer of 1 nm thickness. The co-catalysts are similarly tiny, synthesized with controlled heating by a DENSsolutions Wildfire system inside a transmission electron microscope (TEM).
Learn all about our latest Impulse release
DENSsolutions introduces the next generation of our Impulse In Situ TEM experiment control software. The Impulse 1.0 software release brings many new developments, like the Smart automation feature, that are there to make your research easier and enable you to produce reproducible results you can trust. Read all about it in the interview with our Product Architect (UX) Merijn Pen.
Operando TEM using Climate G+ to study Metal catalyst behavior during reaction
Using the DENSsolutions Climate system, scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) showed that they were able to capture structural changes in Palladium (Pd) NPs during CO oxidation under realistic operating environments and correlate those changes with the NPs’ catalytic activity.
Izasa Scientific and DENSsolutions announce new partnership
DENSsolutions is proud to partner with Izasa Scientific to serve the Spanish and Portugese market. We have been active in Spain for a number of years and in those years we started to build a good relationship with the expert and passionate team of Izasa Scientific. Now we have recently officially signed our partnership, which we are sure will benefit the TEM community in Spain and Portugal. Offering them cutting-edge In Situ technology with the best possible local support.
In Situ helps to understand the recovery of deactivated palladium catalyst
Using the DENSsolutions Climate system, scientists from multiple Chinese institutes, among which DENSsolutions customer Tianjin University, further researched a method to recover or regenerate the activity of sintered and deactivated catalysts.
Improved FIB lamella preparation
DENSsolutions introduces the 3rd generation of the FIB stub which enables researchers to prepare a lamella and place it directly on the Nano-Chip, all inside the FIB. In this version, many improvements were made to make the FIB sample preparation easier, safer and quicker. Read the interview with Product Manager Dr. Yevheniy (Gin) Pivak who headed the development.
First Visualisation of Crystal Growth from Organic Molecules
Scientists characterise how flufenamic acid, a COX inhibitor, which is used in multiple industries, forms crystals from a liquid solution. The earliest stages of crystal growth are key to determining the final structure of a crystal, and scientists have visualised this process for the first time. Organic molecules were formed and grown in a liquid environment and characterised using the DENSsolutions Ocean In Situ system for Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy (LPEM).
Installing the first Climate system in Australia at the University of Sydney
Recently, we celebrated the installation of the first Climate G+ system ever in Australia. For this event we interviewed Dr. Bhatia. We discussed the research needs of his facility and how they will benefit from the solutions designed and manufactured by DENSsolutions.
1st Climate holder delivers new research results at FHI Berlin
Researchers at FHI Berlin produced excellent results with the DENSsolutions Climate holder, serial number #001. Demonstrating the stability of the Climate holder and Nano-Reactor and the compatibility with other techniques like SAED and Mass Spectroscopy.
The ESTEEM3 project: Enabling Science and Technology through European Electron Microscopy.
Since the beginning of the ESTEEM3 project, in January 2019, DENSsolutions has been involved as one of the industrial partners. Now, being in the 14th month of the project, we want to share some background of the project and see what has been achieved thus far. We interviewed Lucie Guilloteau who is the project manager of ESTEEM3.
Driving the field of LPEM forward at the Gordon conference
Last month, our Stream Product Manager Gin Pivak, CTO Hugo Perez Garza and Microsystems Engineer Tijn van Omme visited the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy (LPEM). They were there to inform the LPEM community about our Stream system which allows researchers to introduce an accurate and controlled liquid environment combined with in-situ heating or biasing possibilities.
Quantum Design Italy and DENSsolutions announce new partnership
DENSsolutions is proud to partner with Quantum Design Italy to serve the Italian market. Quantum Design has been one of the leading European distributors of high-tech instrumentation for scientific, academic and industrial research for over 45 years. DENSsolutions will strengthen their TEM portfolio with innovative MEMS based In Situ solutions and together we can build and strengthen relationships with research groups in Italy.
In situ heating TEM speeds up the characterisation process for Aluminium alloys exposed to in-service conditions
There is a big opportunity for the design and development of sustainable catalysts for low-temperature NOx removal in the steel, cement and glass industries. Researchers Dr. Yong Wang et al. from Zhejiang University made a recent breakthrough using critical information obtained by In Situ TEM to design a MnOx/CeO2 nanorod (NR) catalyst with outstanding resistance to SO2 deactivation.
Introducing Heating to the Stream Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy system
DENSsolutions introduces the latest development in Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy (LPEM). At its introduction, the Stream system was equipped with biasing chips to enable electrochemistry research. Now with the introduction of dedicated heating chips, we are ready to expand and serve other fields, like life sciences.
Uppsala University in Sweden expands its TEM capabilities using DENSsolutions In Situ systems
A DENSsolutions Wildfire double tilt (DT) system with a biasing expansion has been installed at the Uppsala University, Sweden. The Wildfire DT system will be used by the group to research the phase transitions in metals and in solar cells.
Interview with Prof. Angus Kirkland, Science Director at the new Rosalind Franklin Institute, UK
We interviewed Prof. Angus Kirkland, Professor at the Department of Materials, University of Oxford and the science director at the Electron Physical Science Imaging Centre (EPSIC), Diamond Light Source UK. We talked about the new Rosalind Franklin Institute where he performs disruptive research projects in life sciences involving physical science methods, techniques, and instruments including In Situ TEM and correlative imaging.
Interview with Prof. María Varela del Arco, GFMC, Complutense University of Madrid
We interviewed Prof. María Varela del Arco, who is in charge of electron microscopy in the group GFMC at the Complutense University of Madrid. We talked about her research on, among other topics, magnetic materials and supercapacitors made possible by the DENSsolutions Lightning system.
Improved insight into catalytic reduction of NOx for industrial processes
There is a big opportunity for the design and development of sustainable catalysts for low-temperature NOx removal in the steel, cement and glass industries. Researchers Dr. Yong Wang et al. from Zhejiang University made a recent breakthrough using critical information obtained by In Situ TEM to design a MnOx/CeO2 nanorod (NR) catalyst with outstanding resistance to SO2 deactivation.