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11th June 2013
Oxford Instruments X-Ray Technology Helps NASA Find Life On Mars

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...

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12th February 2013
Oxford Instruments X-Ray Technology Onboard Latest Mission To Mars

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...

Test & Measurement
1st February 2013
The New X-MET7000 eXpress Handheld XRF Analyser Offers 4 Times Faster Analysis

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.

Analysis
14th July 2011
First commercial quantum computer system

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...

Analysis
14th July 2011
PlasmaPro System100 at University of Glasgow

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.

Analysis
14th April 2011
AZtec, vision for nanoanalysis launched

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.

Analysis
16th February 2011
Austin Scientific Wins Major Order

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.

Analysis
16th February 2011
Collaboration agreement announced with ITRI, Taiwan

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...

Analysis
16th February 2011
Oxford Instruments Installs its 1000th X-Max

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.

Analysis
27th January 2011
MQC Benchtop NMR Analyzer at Pittcon 2011

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.

Pending
21st January 2011
First PECVD films on 450mm wafers

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.

Analysis
21st January 2011
Supplying Plasma Systems for Nano Discovery at Notre Dame

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 ...

Analysis
4th January 2011
LEDs grown on semi-polar GaN wafers

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.

Analysis
16th December 2010
Plasma Technology appoints dedicated Training Officer

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.

Pending
16th November 2010
Next Generation HBLED Batch Production Tools

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...

Analysis
16th November 2010
Environmentally Friendly Low-field NMR Technology

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 ...

Test & Measurement
16th November 2010
Studies facilitated by a range of instrumentation

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...

Analysis
12th October 2010
Prestigious Indian institute places multiple orders

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...

Analysis
7th September 2010
Oxford Instruments gets major order for 56 helium compressor systems

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.

Mixed Signal/Analog
17th August 2010
Leading the way with innovative SDD technology

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.

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