DGAP-News: University of Manchester Installs New Ultra-Powerful Microscope From FEI
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04.09.2012 14:15
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The First of Its Kind in the UK, the Titan G2 80-200 S/TEM is Capable of
Imaging the Microstructure of Materials at the Atomic-Scale
MANCHESTER, UK and HILLSBORO, Ore., 2012-09-04 14:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The University of Manchester and FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) are pleased to announce the
installation of one of the world's most powerful high-resolution
microscopes?the Titan(tm) G2 80-200 scanning transmission electron microscope
(S/TEM)?at the University's School of Materials. The procurement of the new
S/TEM from FEI was funded as part of an [Pounds]8 million ($12.8 million USD) UK
government investment for nuclear materials research at Manchester's Dalton
Nuclear Institute.
The Titan G2 80-200 S/TEM will enable researchers to study the structure and
elemental composition of materials at the atomic level, assisting them in
building a greater understanding of their behavior and modification under
certain conditions.
'The new Titan microscope will play a critical role in our work to ensure the
optimum performance and reliability of materials used in nuclear power
generation,' stated Professor Grace Burke, director of the Materials
Performance Centre (MPC), University of Manchester. 'This research, primarily
undertaken by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC)
and the MPC at The University of Manchester, will have benefits throughout the
civil nuclear power supply chain. For example, enhanced understanding of the
effects of corrosion and irradiation embrittlement on reactor pressure vessel
materials can be used to aid future manufacture and extend plant life.
Similarly, the performance and longevity of cladding alloys for fuel rods may
be optimized with increased knowledge of the effects of irradiation on the
atomic structure and composition of materials.'
The imaging capabilities of the Titan G2 80-200 S/TEM also bring new potential
advantages for research on graphene, an area in which the School of Materials
is highly active. Two University of Manchester scientists, Professor Andre Geim
and Professor Kostya Novoselov, won the Nobel Prize in 2010 for their
pioneering work with graphene?the world's thinnest material. The Titan
microscope's high-angle, dark-field imaging capability can potentially enable
the discovery of new information about the electrical properties of graphene.
According to Trisha Rice, FEI's Materials Science Business Unit vice president
and general manager, 'The installation of this ultra-high powered S/TEM system
provides a significant new capability to support the diverse research
activities both in energy and advanced materials development in the School of
Materials at The University of Manchester. We look forward to the novel
materials applications and developments that will be possible with this
addition to the Electron Microscopy Centre.'
For more information about the Titan G2 80-200 S/TEM, please visit:
http://www.fei.com/products/transmission-electron-microscopes/titan/titan-g2-80-
200.aspx.
About The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester, a member of the Russell Group, is one of the
largest and most popular universities in the UK. It has 20 academic schools and
hundreds of specialist research groups undertaking pioneering
multi-disciplinary teaching and research of worldwide significance. According
to the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, The University of
Manchester is one of the country's major research institutions, rated third in
the UK in terms of 'research power'. The University had an annual income of
[Pounds]809 million in 2010/11.
About FEI
FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) is a leading diversified scientific instruments company. It
is a premier provider of electron- and ion-beam microscopes and solutions for
nanoscale applications across many industries: industrial and academic
materials research, life sciences, semiconductors, data storage, natural
resources and more. With more than 60 years of technological innovation and
leadership, FEI has set the performance standard in transmission electron
microscopes (TEM), scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and DualBeams(tm), which
combine a SEM with a focused ion beam (FIB). Headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore.,
USA, FEI has over 2,300 employees and sales and service operations in more than
50 countries around the world. More information can be found at: www.fei.com.
The FEI Company logo is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6379
FEI Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that include statements
regarding the performance capabilities and benefits of the Titan G2 80-200
S/TEM. Factors that could affect these forward-looking statements include but
are not limited to failure of the product or technology to perform as expected
and achieve anticipated results, unexpected technology problems and challenges,
changes to the technology, the inability of FEI, its suppliers or project
partners to make the technological advances required for the technology to
achieve anticipated results, the inability of customers to develop and deploy
the expected new applications and our ability to manufacture, ship and deliver
the tools or software as expected. Please also refer to our Form 10-K, Forms
10-Q, Forms 8-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission for additional information on these factors and other factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements. FEI assumes no duty to update forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: The University of Manchester
Daniel Cochlin
Media Relations Officer
0161 275 8387
Daniel.cochlin(at)manchester.ac.uk
FEI Company
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sandy(at)mind-write.com
FEI Company
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Investor Relations
+1 503 726 7710
fletcher.chamberlin(at)fei.com
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