“Most of us strive to leave a legacy for a few generations. A team led by Chemistry professor Jamie Noël, however, is working towards a million-year legacy – with the highest possible stakes. Noël is principal investigator in a project analyzing how to build corrosion-proof, copper-clad canisters in which to...Read More
On May 1, 2019 Surface Science Western jointly hosted (with Western University, the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM), McMaster University, and the Canadian Light Source (CLS), Saskatoon) a workshop on an introduction to surface and microanalysis techniques, including how they work and what type of information can be obtained....Read More
Congratulations, Tianqi Xie on receiving the Dr. N. Stewart McIntyre Award! Tianqi is a Ph.D. candidate in Geophysics researching “Exploration of shock metamorphic features in anorthosite from the Mistastin Lake impact structure and the Apollo samples using Raman spectroscopy”. She also successfully presented a three-minute thesis on – Are We...Read More
It’s here, set up and ready for action! The Keyence High Quality Digital Microscope is officially at Surface Science Western! The VHX Digital Microscope was designed with top-of-the-line technology in the lenses, camera, graphics engine, and stage. * 20x Greater Depth-of-Field * 0.1 to 5000X Magnification * Multi-Angle Observation *...Read More
Dr. Mark Biesinger is smiling from ear-to-ear with his new, fully functioning, Kratos AXIS Supra (XPS) surface analysis instrument! This piece of equipment is capable of: * Large area, high sensitivity XPS * Small spot, selected area spectroscopy * High energy resolution * Fast parallel imaging * Unrivalled instrument automation...Read More
The P-17 offers step height measurement capability for steps from a few nanometers to one millimeter, for production and R&D environments. The system supports 2D and 3D measurements of step heights, roughness, bow and stress for scans up to 200mm without stitching.Read More
With incredible features including: • Cold field emission (CFE) gun optimized for low-voltage, high-resolution imaging with low aberration • Maximum magnification doubled from 1 million times to 2 million times *2 • User-support functions to ensure high performance Contact us today for details and support!Read More
Our brand new Rigaku SmartLab X-ray Diffractometer has recently been installed and commissioned at Surface Science Western (SSW). This versatile instrument is capable of analyzing powder samples, solid metal samples, and thin films. The In-Plane diffraction attachment allows the measurement of structural factors and reciprocal space maps from ultra thin...Read More
Our brand new Xradia 410 Versa X-ray microscope is being installed and commissioned at Surface Science Western (SSW). This instrument enables non-destructive 3-D imaging (4-D with time-based measurements) of materials with a spatial resolution of 0.9 µm and a minimum voxel size of 100 nm at larger working distances. Advanced...Read More
Our brand new PHI Field Emission Scanning Auger Microprobe (FESAM) is up and running and ready for work! This instrument was procured using the funding from Canadian Foundation For Innovation granted to Professor David Shoesmith. This instrument is capable of achieving 4 nm spatial resolution for imaging and 8 nm...Read More
