Scientists are in the process of confirming that there was once life on Mars - with the help of an Oxford Instruments X-Ray Technology product. Using a drill on its robotic arm, NASA’s Curiosity rover recently collected a second rock sample for analysis by its onboard Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument (CheMin). Researchers expect to confirm preliminary findings from the first drilling in February, which indicate that the red planet was once f...

Oxford Instruments X-Ray Technology has taken centre stage in the most sophisticated scientific exploration ever attempted on Mars. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, carrying the one-ton “Curiosity” rover, successfully touched down in August and quickly began assessing the planet’s past and current habitability. At the heart of this undertaking is a specially designed Oxford Instruments X-ray tube located in the Curiosity’s Chemis...

Oxford Instruments is proud to launch a new, faster handheld XRF analyser for high performance measurement - the X-MET7000 eXpress. The new X-MET7000 eXpress delivers the high performance that is needed when measuring trace elements without compromising on time. The new X-MET7000 eXpress delivers accurate analysis, lower limits of detection, improved precision (repeatability) and faster analysis time.

Triton, Oxford Instruments’ cryofree dilution refrigeration system is an important component in the first commercial quantum computer system to be supplied by D-Wave Systems Inc. Vancouver based D-Wave has announced an agreement to sell a D-Wave One™ quantum computer system to a Fortune 100 company. The Triton™ system provides the low temperature environment that is essential to the performance of its quantum annealing processor...

The James Watt Nanofabrication Centre in Glasgow, UK, has added a PlasmaPro System100 ICP plasma etch system to its existing installed base of Oxford Instruments etch and deposition tools. The PlasmaPro System100 ICP will be used to etch compound semiconductors materials used in applications such as optoelectronics, mm-wave & terahertz, bioengineering, biotechnology, lab-on-a-chip, energy harvesting and photovoltaics.

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, the world leader in Microanalysis systems announces the launch of AZtec, its next generation materials characterisation system. AZtec is designed to integrate all microanalysis techniques and unleash the potential of the latest detectors. The first release offers EDS and EBSD: users can collect chemical and structural information simultaneously without compromising speed or functionality.

Oxford Instruments continues its focus on addressing key environmental issues with the announcement that its Austin Scientific business has secured a significant order with a major High Brightness Light Emitting Diode (HBLED) manufacturer in the US.

Oxford Instruments and the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan (ITRI) are delighted to announce that they have just signed a research-based collaboration agreement. The agreement is based on Oxford Instruments providing an HBLED related process research centre staffed by Oxford Instruments’ process engineers at ITRI, benefitting both ITRI and Oxford Instruments’ extensive Far Eastern customer base. ITRI is an applied research o...

Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, the world leader in Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) solutions for electron microscopes, has completed the installation of its 1000th X-Max. The X-Max was only introduced to the market a little over two years ago and remains the only detector in the world that offers an 80mm2 sensor area. The 1000th X-Max was installed at Atotech in Berlin, Germany, along with three other X-Max units.

Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance, a leading supplier of low-field benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology, with North American operations based in Concord, Massachusetts, announces that it will be showcasing its popular MQC analyzers at the Pittcon Conference and Expo 2011, which will be held March 13-18, 2011 at the Georgia World Congress Center, in Atlanta, Georgia.

In collaboration with ISMI, the technology and applications teams at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology have coated 450mm silicon wafers with PECVD SiO2 – a world first. The wafers were processed using the recently launched Oxford Instruments PlasmaPro® NGP®1000 PECVD system, which is capable of coating single wafer substrates up to 450mm diameter or larger batches of smaller diameter wafers.

The Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) has purchased two plasma etch and deposition systems from Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology to further expand and facilitate its research capabilities. The FlexALâ Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system and the PlasmaProâ System100 ICP etch system, will be installed in the Notre Dame Nanofabrication Facility, a 9,000 sq. ft. cleanroom, in the Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering located ...

Ostendo Technologies, Inc. (Ostendo) and Technologies and Devices International, Inc. (TDI), part of the Oxford Instruments Group, are pleased to announce that LED structures grown on their semi-polar (11-22) GaN wafers have resulted in more than 2.5x the emission intensity of the c-plane GaN based LED structures.

As part of the company’s ongoing commitment to its customers, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology has expanded its system maintenance and process training offering, with a new programme and by employing a dedicated Training Officer.

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology is providing outstanding benefits for HBLED manufacturers, with the launch of the PlasmaPro™ NGP®1000 HBLED range of plasma etch and deposition tools. Unparalleled throughput with industry leading batch sizes from 61 x 2” wafers up to 7 x 6” wafers, coupled with high quality device performance and yield, means that Oxford Instruments is able to provide customers with an exceptional HBLED production off...

Low-field NMR technology offers an environmentally preferable alternative to solvent extraction, a key technique in research and development laboratory work and quality control tests of oil or fat content of foods and seeds. Oxford Instruments Magnetic Resonance, a leading supplier of low-field benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrumentation is offering businesses the opportunity to test their samples using this green technique at its ...

Oxford Instruments has just installed its first Cryofree® dilution refrigerator in Spain to Dr Enrique Diez from Salamanca University. Dr Diez works on the popular subject of graphene, whose importance was recently recognised through the award of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. This new instrument, purchased using EU Feder funds, will enable continuous measurements from 10 mK up to 40 K from one cryostat and without the need for liquid cryogen...

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, leader in etch, deposition and growth systems, has recently received an order for three plasma etch and deposition tools from the Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India. The three System100 tools will be situated in the CEN’s state-of-the art nanofabrication facility’s new clean room and consist of two PlasmaPro™ System100 ICP Cobra et...

Oxford Instruments Austin Scientific, has secured a major order for 56 helium compressor systems with a total value of $1,111k .The product is a unique application that has significant implications in the High Brightness Light Emitting Diode (HBLED) market, using helium gas as a heat-exchange medium in high temperature processes.

The X-Max range of large area silicon drift detectors has been leading the market for over 2 years. Now, Oxford Instruments has launched the next generation, offering unrivalled resolution down to 124eV Mn and 48eV C.