Imago Announces Multiple Orders For Leap Atom Probe Microscopes
Madison, WI - Imago Scientific Instruments®, the world's leading provider of LEAP® microscopes, announced today orders for four LEAP microscopes in the fiscal quarter ending September 29, 2006. The research institutes selecting Imago's LEAP instruments are the University of Leoben (Austria), Iowa State University (USA), and two instruments ordered by Oxford University (UK).
These universities are internationally recognized leaders in their respective fields of materials research, including metallic superalloys (Leoben), atom-probe techniques and applications (Oxford), and ISU's program extending combinatorial science techniques to microanalysis. Each of the orders was awarded to Imago upon conclusion of competitive bid tenders. With these orders, Imago extends its world-leadership position in the rapidly-developing field of nanotechnology instrumentation.
LEAP microscopy, also known as atom-probe tomography, allows materials-research scientists to analyze specimens in three dimensions with near-atomic resolution, offering key insights into how a material's atomic structure affects its mechanical and electrical properties. Traditionally, the tool has been used for analyzing electrically conductive specimens. Imago's introduction of the Laser Pulse Module(TM), which enables analysis of semiconductor and other high-electrical-resistance specimens, earned a 2006 R&D100 award "...as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year," by R&D Magazine.
The four LEAP-system orders reinforce Imago's position as the leader in the rapidly growing market for nanotechnology instrumentation. Metals research has been transformed by atom probe's unique capabilities to measure crystalline structure, grain boundaries, and precipitate composition which dramatically affect an alloy's mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. LEAP technology is considered a key analytical component of SEMATECH's International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) to enable development of transistors at the 65-nm node and beyond.
"The research capabilities of Imago's LEAP technology have proven to be revolutionary. The broad scope of applications being addressed by these premiere research centers highlights the flexibility of LEAP technology for materials characterization," said Timothy Stultz, President and CEO of Imago. "In addition to the fine research conducted at these institutes, the students utilizing LEAP techniques to resolve materials issues today will be leading their own research groups into new applications tomorrow."
About Imago
Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation is the recognized world leader in Atom Probe Tomography and developer of Nanolytical® tools and solutions for manufacturers, engineers, and scientists involved in the nanotechnology revolution. The Company's technology and products provide sub-nanometer element mapping of microelectronic devices and materials. Imago is committed to the sustained advancement of nanotechnology solutions specifically addressed to metrology and analysis challenges in the semiconductor, data-storage, and advanced-materials markets. Imago provides worldwide customer support from locations in the United States, Japan, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
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Imago Scientific Instruments Corporation
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