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Moorestown, NJ, September 11, 2014—Denton Vacuum, LLC, a leading manufacturer of thin film technology products, has introduced Vitua, the first automated TEM sample preparation system specifically designed and characterized for high resolution rotary shadow casting of large organic molecules.
TEM organic molecule imaging presents unique challenges. Small samples, such as DNA or complex proteins, are difficult to image using traditional staining techniques. Moreover, TEM processing inevitably degrades stained samples making follow-up characterization impossible.
Denton Vacuum’s Vitua® system resolves many of the problems with traditional organic molecule imaging by enabling successful, consistent, high resolution rotary shadow casting.
“Up until now, one barrie rpreventing the use of high resolution rotary shadow casting on organic molecules has been the need to deposit thin, consistent metal layers onto the sample specimen. To accomplish this, users have had to modify their deposition equipment and then spend significant time and effort to develop the expertise to assure good results,”explains Vince McGinty, President of Denton Vacuum. “Vitua includes proven processes that eliminate the guesswork and the trial and error associated with high resolution rotary shadow casting. Our new system automates a complicated process, removes a steep learning curve, and ensures successful, consistent and repeatable results.”
Designed, built and supported by Denton Vacuum, the world leader in thin film microscopy sample preparation, Vitua streamlines TEM sample preparation and opens up this technique for wider use in organic molecule imaging.
For more information about the Vitua thin film deposition system specially characterized and configured for TEM sample preparation, contact Roger Hartmann, Product Manager, at rhartmann@dentonvacuum.com or 856-380-5223.
Now in its 50th year, Denton Vacuum continues to transform barriers into thin-film technology breakthroughs for customers across the globe. With operations in the United States and China, Denton designs and develops systems that precision-coat aerospace components, advanced optics, medical implants, solar cells, semiconductor devices and much more. Fifty years of tireless innovation have produced robust offerings ranging from high-volume production platforms to unique custom-engineered systems. Denton’s technology portfolio includes atomic layer deposition (ALD), thermal evaporation, e-beam evaporation, ion-beam-assisted evaporation, magnetron sputtering (including reactive sputtering), plasma-enhanced-chemical-vapor deposition (PECVD), ion etch and ion-beam-assisted deposition (IBAD). As a leading source for thin-film technology, Denton also provides value-added services and lifetime support that set new industry standards. See how barriers become breakthroughs by visiting Dentonvacuum.com.