M&M 2011 in Nashville

FREE Microporous Silicon Nitride TEMwindows
To receive a free sample, please bring a print out of this newsletter to the TEMwindows booth (#825).

FREE ultrathin 5 nm Silicon Nitride TEMwindows
To receive a free sample, please visit SiMPore's VP of Membrane Development, Christopher Striemer, at his Poster in the Wednesday afternoon Vendor Symposium (Poster #261). He'll give you a coupon to redeem at the TEMwindows booth for 5 nm nitride window grids.

5 nm Silicon Nitride!

We are now offering 5 nm thick silicon nitride TEM window grids in two formats: our classic 9 windows and a new single 25 x 25 micron window.

Matthew Mecklenberg at the Electron Imaging Center for Nanomachines at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute has already taken some nice images on the new 5 nm nitride films. The ADF STEM image of Pt particles below shows a 136 pm spacing, the point resolution of his FEI Titan 80-300 in STEM mode.

The following TEM image shows a Pt particle on the membrane; the FFT of the particle on the nitride film is shown in the upper left corner.

View our NEW Silicon Nitride Brochure.

Microporous Silicon Nitride

We have also just launched a new Microporous Silicon Nitride TEMwindow. The window size is 500 x 500 microns with 2 micron holes on 1:1 pitch. We have patterned a gridding system so it's eaiser to keep track of which region you are imaging between tools. You will find these grids are also quite robust, only slightly weaker than our standard 50 nm thick silicon nitride. These window grids are priced at $290 for a package of ten

View our NEW Silicon Nitride Brochure.

Custom TEM Grids From TEMwindows.com

We have fabricated custom devices for researchers at many national laboratories and prestigious universities around the world.

• 100 - 400 micron thick silicon frames
• Device dimensions from 0.45 mm for synchrotrons to 5 x 5 mm for x-ray
• Windows sizes of 5 to 1000 microns
• Membranes of pure silicon, silicon nitride or silicon oxide from 5 - 200 nm thick
• Other novel materials also available

"TEMwindows.com has been very responsive to our specialized needs on several custom projects. Their engineers have demonstrated the experienced know-how to fabricate membrane devices meeting our specifications."

-Researchers at the RIKEN Institute, Japan

"The National Center for X-ray Tomography at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory requires custom membrane devices with rather precise specifications. In practice, these devices are demanding to fabricate. The engineers at TEMwindows.com were able to develop and implement a solution that meets our precise requirements. We received high-quality devices that accurately met our needs. These devices are performing well under the harsh conditions of our experimental procedures."

-Researchers at the National Center for X-ray Tomography, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Learn more about our custom capabilities. Most custom projects are completed within 6-8 weeks.