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Nanotechnology

Iatia's QPI provides a digital phase contrast solution to transmission imaging techniques at the nanoscale where few other contrast mechanisms are available due to fabrication difficulties for short wavelength radiations like electrons and x-rays.

Visualization

QPI is a valuable contrast mechanism at the nanoscale where absorption is minimal.

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Silicon Nitride semiconductor substrate

QPI

Silicon Nitride semiconductor substrate
Si3N4 atomic array - QPI is able to resolve the atomic structure of this semiconductor substrate (images captured using QPt for DigitalMicrograph™, courtesy of HREM Research Inc, Japan).

Magnetic field analysis

Magnetic fields affect the phase of the electron, allowing QPI to map them.

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Cobalt

QPI magnetic field map

Cobalt
Cobalt - magnetic field map captured using QPI technology (image courtesy of RUG University of Groningen, Netherlands).

Quantitative

QPI images quantitatively measure the optical thickness of a sample.

QPI phase map

Silicon nanosphere

Line graph

Graph - Silicon nanosphere
Silicon nanosphere - optical thickness profile.

Microscopy phase techniques

QPI makes available, at the nanoscale, phase visualization techniques usually associated with optical microscopy, such as Differential Interference Contrast (DIC), Zernike Phase Contrast and Hoffman Modulation Contrast.

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Radula spore (unstained)

QPI DIC

Radula spore (unstained)
Unstained Radula (liverwort) spore - QPI's DIC provides sample structure relief (image courtesy of The University of Melbourne, Australia).

High speed processing

Unlike other phase contrast algorithms used in research applications, QPI is a non-iterative and rapid solution allowing for the capture of live video images with a resolution of up to 640x480 pixels at 15 frames a second.

Product applications



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