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Easy to use Correlative AFM with SEM Microscopy Platform
Micro X-ray Fluorescence (μXRF) Hyperspectral Imaging Elemental Analyser
Nano IR Microscope and Spectrometer
IXRF Systems’ ATLAS M benchtop microEDXRF (micro XRF) spectrometer is the latest general purpose micro spot energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometer microscope for the measurement and mapping of elements from sodium (Na) through uranium (U). Designed to image and analyse a wide variety of sample types, ATLAS leads the industry in virtually every major specification category from the most powerful software and the highest detector active area, to our superior perpendicular (normal) X-ray tube geometry geometry and smallest micro spot.
Micro X-ray Fluorescence (μXRF) Hyperspectral Imaging Elemental Analyser
Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of Soft Biological Tissues
Exploring the capability of PiFM on fixed human skin samples that were penetrated by topically applied dexamethasone and show that there is similarly a good correlation between XAS microscopy and PiFM, with PiFM offering much higher spatial resolution.
A cross-section of prepared skin slices of 300 nm thickness was deposited on a Si3N4 window for XAS microscopy; the same area was then subsequently analysed by PiFM. Given the FTIR spectrum of dexamethasone (Fig. 1a), PiFM images were acquired at 1708 cm−1 and 1559 cm−1 to highlight dexamethasone molecules and corneocytes (via amide II band), respectively; amide I band was avoided since dexamethasone has a strong absorption at around 1660 cm−1.
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