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Program to Construct a Four-Probe Nanomanipulator
for a
Typical Transmission Electron Microscope
Richardson, Texas (July 15, 2002)
Zyvex Corporation today announced
the award of a one-year SBIR program entitled “Four
Probe Stage and Holder for Transmission Electron Microscope
(TEM).” The program’s objective is to design and
fabricate a new holder incorporating a four-probe nanomanipulation
and characterization platform with electrical feedback. Under
this project, Zyvex will assemble and test stick/slip linear
actuators built within mini-sized piezotubes.
Zyvex’s mission is to be
the industry leader in adaptable, affordable, molecularly-precise
manufacturing. The Zyvex team is developing a new design concept
for a reliable manipulation and characterization tool adapted
for high-resolution electron microscopes. The new project
will demonstrate the performance of the four-probe stage and
holder inside a typical TEM.
“We are extremely proud to
receive this SBIR award,” said John Randall, PhD, CTO
and Vice President of Research at Zyvex. “The research
group at Zyvex developed this tool in order to investigate
the novel properties of nanostructured materials. We expect
to offer this powerful device so that other researchers can
accelerate their specific investigations of the properties
of nanomaterials.”
The current materials research
industry lacks appropriate TEM tools for nanomaterial manipulation.
Most tools are inadequate in many respects and have only one
robotic arm. This program will enable Zyvex to address the
need to develop new capabilities for simultaneous precise
manipulation, accurate electrical measurement, and micro/nano
structural analysis of materials.
The TEM four-probe nanomanipulator
is an integral part of Zyvex’s mission of providing
flexible, automated manufacturing at ever-decreasing sizes.
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