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WPI is excited to announce the launch of a new line of microscopes featuring cutting-edge optics and advanced light sources designed for enhanced visibility and precision. These innovative instruments utilise high-resolution lenses and state-of-the-art illumination technologies, ensuring that users can capture even the finest details in their specimens. Whether you're in a research lab, educational setting, or industrial environment, these microscopes are tailored to meet diverse needs.

Pathology Microscope System

LCD Laboratory Microscopes

Stereo Microscopes

Inverted Teaching Microscopes

For further information please contact Tim Watts.

The new MaxLine E-Grade optical filters from Semrock offer improved and superior edge steepness for improve blocking of the laser line, and reduced Rayleigh-scattering.

In combination with a RazorEdge filter, these make the ideal pair for Raman Spectroscopy. The MaxLine filter spectrally "cleans up" the excitation laser light before it reaches the sample under test, allowing only the desired laser line to reach the sample. The RazorEdge filter then removes the laser line from the light scattered by the sample, while efficiently transmitting desired light at wavelengths very close to the laser line.

The initial release of the E-Grade MaxLine laser line filters will include version for 488nm, 532nm, 633nm and 785nm.

For further information please contact Julia King or read more.

Oxford Instruments Andor, a world leader in scientific imaging solutions, has today announced the launch of a performance-enhanced back-illuminated sCMOS camera, further strengthening its broad portfolio of cameras for Physical Sciences and Astronomy.

The performance of the Marana 4.2B-6 back-illuminated 4.2 Megapixel sCMOS model has been significantly enhanced to widen its application appeal within Physical Sciences and Astronomy. A new Low Noise Mode reduces the read noise to 1.0e-. When combined with market-leading -45°C vacuum cooling and 95% QE, this pushes the limits of detection further, even under the most challenging, light starved imaging applications, enabling tracking of smaller Space Debris or NEOs, shorter exposures, lower illumination powers to protect photosensitive samples or the detection of trace concentrations of species.

A new High-Speed mode has been implemented to meet the needs of fast imaging applications such as trapped ion/atom quantum computing, solar astronomy, fast spectroscopy or hyperspectral imaging. By combining this mode with a 2-lane CoaXPress connection, 135 fps of sustained and stable high-speed operation is now possible.

Furthermore, a new Long Exposure Mode has been implemented which markedly enhances the exposure flexibility of Marana 4.2B-6. Amplifier glow has been a problem that has plagued most sCMOS sensors on the market. This new mode goes a long way to suppressing the effect of amplifier glow under longer exposure conditions. This is particularly relevant for fields such as astronomy and low light luminescence detection.

A ‘Global Clear’ mode has now been implemented for the Rolling Shutter sensor type. This mode purges charge from all rows of the sensor simultaneously at the exposure start. It can be used alongside a pulsed/triggerable light source, such as LED or Laser, to simulate a Global Shutter mechanism, useful for achieving tight synchronisation with other equipment and minimising exposure 'dead times'.

For further information please contact Michael Buckett, or read more.

Bruker Corporation have announced the release of the Dektak Pro^TM stylus profilometer, the next-generation profiler in the industry-leading Dektak® product line. Incorporating over 55 years of innovation, the new benchtop system provides an expanded measurement area up to 200 mm of full-sample access for semiconductor applications, as well as a shortened time to results with improved user experience and measurement accuracy. Dektak Pro incorporates advancements that solidify the brand as the world’s most advanced stylus profiler, positioning it to address R&D, process development, and QA/QC present and future needs across a host of industrial and research markets.

Widely utilised in microelectronics, semiconductor, display, solar, medical, and materials science markets, Dektak stylus profilers are an essential precision metrology instrument found in literally hundreds of production, research, and failure analysis facilities around the world. Dektak systems are employed in both 2D profilometry and 3D surface profiling applications to measure stress, nanometer film thicknesses, and step heights with better than 4 angstrom repeatability. The new Dektak Pro introduces step height and stress measurement updates that expand its usage. A streamlined automatic step detection routine requires less user-defined parameters for a simplified analysis that reduces user-based variability. 2D stress measurement analysis is now more customisable than ever, allowing for user-defined areas and refining precision through artifact thresholds. Fast characterisation of wafer warpage and 3D stress analysis are also made possible by new automatic centering and wafer mapping features.

For further information please contact Michael Buckett or read more.

Oxford Instruments Andor, a world leader in scientific imaging solutions, today announces the launch of Dragonfly 400 and new VLE (Versatile Laser Engine), further expanding the award-winning Dragonfly confocal microscopy portfolio.

The Dragonfly 200 series offers speed, sensitivity and excellent confocal imaging, making it an ideal system for a wide range of applications, including live cell imaging, development biology, neurobiology, and cancer research. The Dragonfly 200 delivers high-performance spinning disk confocal imaging of all (thick, thin, fixed and live) biological samples. High-resolution image stacks are ready for analysis in mere seconds.

The upgraded model adds new capabilities including the new VLE (Versatile laser engine), which allows seven laser lines in a single chassis and up to 10 lines in dual chassis mode, giving researchers the capability to choose more fluorophores for their experiments as well as increasing labelling options on a single experiment. Furthermore, the Dragonfly series is built with modularity in mind, allowing Dragonfly 200 systems to be upgraded to the new Dragonfly 400 model in the field.

The new Dragonfly 400 series builds on the key features of the Dragonfly 200 by adding the established HLE (High Power Laser engine) and the 3D-Super Resolution Module. With the Dragonfly 400 series and the high-power laser engine (HLE), the system becomes ideal for an even wider set of research applications. The HLE delivers enough power for super-resolution applications (SMLM) with DNA-PAINT. A single plane image through the 3D super-resolution module delivers axial information over an ~1 μm range with a corresponding axial resolution down to 30 nm. The high-power lasers of the HLE deliver an increase in productivity over the Dragonfly 200 series, allowing even higher productivity in time-consuming applications, such as spatial omics applications and large sample imaging.

For the ultimate range of imaging applications, users have the option of choosing the Dragonfly 600 series with Borealis-TIRF and Zoom Illumination optics imaging functionality to make a complete multi-modal system for widefield, Confocal, TIRF, and SMLM (DNA-PAINT & dSTORM) applications. Dragonfly 600 has achieved impressive resolutions down to 6 nm (DNA-PAINT) and allows SMLM in any imaging modality (confocal, widefield, or B-TIRF).

For further information please contact Mark Richardson or read more.