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Conferences

Microscopy & Microanalysis 2023

We are very excited to be attending Microscopy & Microanalysis 2023 meeting in Minneapolis MN, July 23 – 27, 2023.  Come visit us at booth #1038

Hands on Micromanipulator Tutorials

BTS will be giving two workshops on our Micro Support micromanipulator – one on basic micromanipulator use and a second on microplastics handling and detection. Sign up at our booth!

Precise Micro Sampling With a Benchtop Micromanipulator Tutorial
Tuesday 7/25/2023 – 5:45 pm at booth #1038

Microscopic sample preparation can be difficult to near impossible as structures become smaller.  We will show how a benchtop micromanipulator can be used to probe, scrape, cut, and isolate materials on a surface.  The system can also be configured to allow these microsampling operations inside a glovebox.

Attendees will be able to work directly with the system and are encouraged to bring samples they would like to try out during the Workshop.

Microplastics Handling and Detection Workshop
Wednesday 7/26/2023- 5:45 pm at booth #1038

Microplastics represent a new class of environmental contaminant that has been increasing over time throughout the world. We will demonstrate imaging and micro sampling using the Micro Support Axis Pro micromanipulator on microplastics samples.  We will also speak about Soar Optics class of comprehensive microplastics detection systems and where we see the future of microplastics detection.

The micro manipulator is perfect for isolating micro plastics.

Come Speak to us about these products:

Micro Support Micromanipulators

Axis Pro Micromanipulator

These cutting-edge tools specialize in the precise manipulation of miniature materials. Equipped with an array of versatile probes, they offer a broad range of capabilities for handling various samples. Key features include:

  • Particle Isolation: Effortlessly isolate particles with exceptional accuracy.
  • Cutting: Seamlessly perform precise cuts on minute objects.
  • Surface Milling: Remove layers from surfaces with utmost precision.
  • Nano liquid Deposition: Achieve meticulous placement of nano liquids for intricate applications.
  • Vacuum-Assisted Material Removal: Utilize vacuum functionality to efficiently remove unwanted materials.

Moreover, these micromanipulators can be seamlessly integrated with FTIR or Raman microscopes, enhancing their functionality by incorporating additional arms.

Experience unparalleled control and dexterity in manipulating small-scale materials with the Micro Support micromanipulators.

Click here to learn more about the Axis Pro Micromanipulator.

Lasertec Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopes

The industry’s first hybrid laser microscope that utilizes the benefits of white light and laser confocal microscopy. The HYBRID + brings multiple cutting edge technologies together into one package.

Optelics Hybrid+
Optelics Hybrid+

Click here to learn more about Lasertec instruments

SOL Raman Microscopes

SOL Instruments offers a wide range of Raman microscopes from simple microscopy solutions to advanced Raman microscopes and commercial CARS systems.

Click here to learn more about SOL Raman systems

About Microscopy & Microanalysis

The largest microscopy/microanalysis instrument exhibition in the world. Plan to visit the more than 100 companies displaying their latest technology and services. The social activities of the opening reception, and daily “happy hours” accompanying each day’s poster and awards sessions, have become “can’t-miss” events of learning and fellowship

Visit the M&M site

Conferences

Photonics West 2023

Barnett Technical Services will be working with LUCEO in booth #4675 at Photonics West 2023, January 31 – February 2 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Luceo creates highly  sensitive polariscopes to analyze strain, stress direction analysis quantitative measurements in many glass and plastic applications.

Photonics West: Every year over 20,000 attendees come to hear the latest research and find the latest devices and systems that use new technologies to enable advancements in translational biophotonics, global healthcare, understanding of the brain, new lasers for manufacturing, applications of 3D technologies, photonics-based consumer products, and more.

Conferences

MRS Fall 2022

We are very excited to be attending Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, November 27 – December 2, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts. We will be at booth #509 representing a number of products:

Axis Pro Micromanipulator
MicroSupport

Micro Support Micromanipulators

Manipulation of small materials.Probes available for a wide range of sample manipulations, including Isolating particles, Cutting, Milling off a surface, Nanoliquid deposition, Vacuum for material removal. Arms also be added to FTIR or Raman Microscopes.

CIQTEK

Attolight manufactures the leading cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopes and accessories on the market.  These systems have been used for a range of applications, including Micro-LED characterization, Defect Visualization and Counting in Optoelectronic Materials, GaN for Power Electronics, Photovoltaic Materials, Defects in Thin Film Battery Materials and Semiconducting Diamond

About MRS

The increasingly cross-disciplinary worldwide activity in materials research manifests itself every year in the MRS Fall Meeting. Featuring over 50 symposia and attended by as many as 6,000 researchers from every corner of the globe, the annual Fall Meeting in Boston’s Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel is the preeminent annual event for those in the field of materials research.

Click here for more MRS 2022 information

Technical

MobileGuard Gas Detection

Teco Peoples Gas hits the road in one of their new methane detection vehicles. These vehicles are going to be game changers for Peoples Gas. The Ford Escapes are outfitted with MobileGuard, a cutting-edge, laser-based analyzer that uses special software and windspeed calculations to pinpoint natural gas leaks by locating methane emissions. The sensitive sensors can detect with ultra-high precision – parts per billion, as compared with our handheld leak detection equipment which detects parts per million. That means they will detect methane emissions that you can’t smell and would otherwise go unnoticed. And, the system is smart enough to know if the methane detected is from natural gas or other sources like biogas from sewers.

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Conferences

ISTFA 2022: Oct 30 – Nov 3

Please join us in Pasadena California, on October 30th to November 4, for ISTFA 2022. This is always a great show and we are looking forward to meeting with friends and making new ones. Please visit us at Booth #508.

We will be at there representing a number of products:

Micro Support Micromanipulators

Axis Pro Micromanipulator

Microscope/micromanipulator system to easily perform sample manipulations as small as 1 micron.  Probes available for a wide range of sample manipulations, including electrical probing, isolating particles, cutting, milling off a surface, micro tweezers, and vacuum for particle transfer.

Arms also be added to FTIR or Raman Microscopes.

Nanoro

The Nanoro M is a cutting edge light microscope which can break the optical diffraction limit using the Super-Resolution Microsphere Amplifying Lens (SMAL). Nanoro M benchtop super resolution microscope for imaging of semiconductor circuits with resolution under 100 μm.

About ISFA 2022, Oct 30 – Nov 3, Pasadena Convention Center

Plan today to attend ISTFA 2022! The 47rd International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis (ISTFA). This year’s theme is ‘ Chasing Ever Smaller and More Elusive Defects’

Visit the website ISFA 2022

News, Technical

Installation Highlights

We are glad to share the news about the implementation of Barnett Technical Services installation of a significant engineering project.

The company has received the request and later an order from the Chevron energy corporation’s research center to develop an IR Fourier Spectrometer for controlling the chemical reaction in the on-line process.

The Barnet Technical Services Team along with Ostec engineers have implemented developing the industrial version on the basis of the standard air based FTIR spectrometer IROS 05. To transform the research device into an industrial unit it was necessary to develop a sealed device case filled with dry nitrogen under extra pressure, to select and replace a typical IR detector with an MCT detector with Peltier cooling, to develop a cooling system and temperature stabilization for ensure the lowest possible noise level inside the device, as well as specialized software for obtaining data and its subsequent processing.

News, Technical

AttoLight’s CHRONOS Time-Resolved Cathodoluminescence for characterizing CIGS SOLAR CELL

Attolight’s Chronos time-resolved cathodoluminescence tool was recently used to characterize an advanced Cu(In,Ga)S2 device that showed an efficiency of 15.2% from a H2S-free, Cd-free, and KCN-free process. significantly limited mainly due to photovoltage (Voc) losses in the bulk and at the interfaces. Here, via a combination of photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence, electrical measurements, and ab initio modeling, we address the bulk and interface losses to improve ∼1.6-eV-band-gap (Eg) Cu(In,Ga)S2. The optoelectronic quality of the absorber improves upon reducing the [Cu]/[Ga+In] (CGI) ratio, as manifested by the suppression of deep defects, higher quasi-Fermi level splitting (QFLS), improved charge-carrier lifetime, and higher Voc. We identify antisite CuIn/CuGa as a major performance-limiting deep defect by comparing the formation energies of various intrinsic defects. Interface recombination is suppressed using a Zn(O,S) buffer layer in Cu-poor devices, which leads to the activation energy of recombination equal to the Eg. We demonstrate an efficiency of 15.2% with Voc of 902 mV from a H2S-free, Cd-free, and KCN-free process.

Context & scale

Cu(In,Ga)S2 is a high-potential material for its usage in tandem solar cells; however, its power conversion efficiency has remained limited so far. High bulk recombination losses and interface losses both account for the performance limitation. In this work, we adopt a holistic approach to address both bulk and interface recombination losses. We show that bulk recombination losses can be substantially suppressed by controlling the Cu deficiency in the material. From theoretical calculations, we argue that Cu deficiency reduces the antisite defects that are probably the most detrimental defects. Additionally, we effectively passivate the interface through the usage of Zn(O,S) buffer layer, thereby minimizing the losses at the interface. This leads to a solar cell device performance of over 15% from 1.6-eV-band-gap Cu(In,Ga)S2 from a completely non-toxic process. The path to further performance improvement is discussed to increase the viability of Cu(In,Ga)S2 toward tandem application.

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News, Technical

Quantum Diamond AFM

Quantum Diamond Atomic Force Microscope (QDAFM) is a quantum precision measurement instrument based on both nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond and AFM scanning imaging technology. It can be detected with magnetic imaging quantitatively and non-destructively by quantum control and readout of spin in luminous NV center defect. With nanoscale high spatial resolution and single spin ultra-high detection sensitivity, QDAFM is an innovative technology to develop and study area of physics, chemistry, material science, life science, biomedical science, etc, such as high density magnetic storage, spintronics, magnetic domain imaging, 2D materials, topological magnetic structure, superconducting magnetic, cell imaging and quantum techniques applications.

Click here to learn more about this cutting edge technology.