Center for Microanalysis of Materials     -     Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory     -     University of Illinois   

Exhibitors:

Advent Associates, LTD.
Alan Burrill Technical Sales
Asylum Research
DMS
Midwest Vacuum, Inc.
OMICRON NanoTechnology
Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc.
Pfeiffer Vacuum

Physical Electronics (PHI)
Princeton Instruments/Acton
Specs
VacuumOne
Veeco
VG Scienta
WITec Instruments
Carl Zeiss


ADVENT ASSOCIATES, LTD. provides applications engineering and technical sales of instruments, systems and components for vacuum related processes, including UHV & electrical components (valves, feedthroughs, manipulators & linear/rotary drives, flanges, fittings, etc.); dry/oil-free roughing and backing pumps (< 1 cfm to 6000 cfm) and UHV turbomolecular pumps (100 l/s to 6000 l/s).

bud@adventvac.com
www.adventvac.com


Alan Burrill Technical Sales is a manufacturer's representative firm that specializes in the area of vacuum and thin film process instrumentation, components and equipment. We have teamed up with leading manufacturers of these products to offer cutting edge products to universities, government laboratories and private industry.

Based in the Milwaukee area, we offer primary coverage in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri, with some coverage in areas that border these states as well.

Tel: 414-327-9055; Fax: 414-327-8131
awburrill@earthlink.net
www.aburrilltechsales.com


Asylum Research manufactures advanced scanning probe/atomic force microscopes for a variety of applications in both material and life science. It's flagship product, the MFP-3D™ AFM, offers unprecedented precision, accuracy and high resolution imaging. It has set the industry standard with its advanced and flexible performance.

Tel: 805-696-6466
sales@asylumresearch.com
www.AsylumResearch.com


DMS, Inc. is a manufacturersrepresentative for several leading Nanotechnology related instrument companies including Witec GMbH, Nanosight LLC, Micromaterials Ltd., Lyncee Tec, Herzan, and Baltec RMC.

Tel: 630-983-1704; Fax: 630-983-1705
darcymicro@sbcglobal.net


Midwest Vacuum, Inc. is a full line supplier of Vacuum to UHV components, valves, pumps, systems and Instrumentation. We represent some of the leading manufacturers for Leak Detectors, pumps, instrumentation, systems and valves. Please go to our web page at: www.midwestvacuum.com for further information.

Tel: 630-323-5399; Fax: 630-323-2142
www.midwestvacuum.com


OMICRON NanoTechnology is the premier supplier of UHV instruments for nanoscience-related research. We invite you to visit our display highlighting the ESCA+, NanoESCA and NanoSAM surface science systems. We'll also have availabe the latest results from the next generation Low Temperature (down to 4K) Atomic Force Microscope with enhanced LHe hold time. The Variable Temperature AFM/STM is now available with a non-optical force sensor. From thin film development to characterization, Omicron can help.

Tel: 952 345 5240 Fax: 952 294 8043
info@omicronUS.com
www.omicron.de


Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc. provides products and services that facilitate advances in nanotechnology and nanoscience. Our atomic force microscope (AFM) products are optimized for research development and process control applications when visualization and measurement of nanometer sized surface structure is critical.

Our products include:

  • Nano-DST™ - an advanced, high performance AFM designed for the most demanding research applications.
  • NanoR2™ - a powerful, multi-purpose AFM optimized for both novice and expert users.
  • Nano-IM™ 6X6™ - a high performance AFM system optimized for imaging wafers and disks.
  • Light Lever Scanner™ - for visualizing nano-scale surface features and making mode measurements such as lateral force microscopy or phase imaging.
  • Crystal Scanner™ - at the core of this scanner is a new type of force sensor that does not require a complex alignment procedure. It is capable of nanostructure visualization and metrology applications.

nanoray@sbcglobal.net
www.pacificnanotech.com


For more than 100 years, Pfeiffer Vacuum has been setting milestones in vacuum technology with our products and services. Products include: turbomolecular pumps in standard with integrated controller, corrosive series or magnetically suspended versions. Rotary vane pumps with magnetic coupling, dry, diaphragm, Roots and vacuum pumping stations. We also manufacture total pressure gauges and controllers in both analog and digital versions, residual gas analyzers and quadrupole mass spectrometers. New Prisma Plus gas analyzer provides the highest sensitivity gas analysis for process control. SmartTest leak detectors as well as an entire line of valves, fittings and flanges are also available.

cmccarthy@pfeiffer-vacuum.com
www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com


Physical Electronics (PHI) is a subsidiary of ULVAC-PHI, the world's leading supplier of UHV surface analysis instrumentation used for research and development of advanced materials in a number of high technology fields including: nanotechnology, microelectronics, storage media, bio-medical, and basic materials such as metals, polymers, and coatings. PHI’s innovative XPS, AES, and SIMS technologies provide our customers with unique tools to solve challenging materials problems and accelerate the development of new materials and products. For more information, visit our website at www.phi.com.

sales@phi.com
www.phi.com


Princeton Instruments designs and manufactures high-performance camera, spectrograph and optics solutions for the scientific research, industrial imaging and OEM markets. Continuous innovation in R&D and manufacturing process, coupled with a customer driven paradigm ensures our customers are always at the forefront of technology and reliability while pushing their boundaries of discovery.

Tel: 608-234-1721 (Chris Draves)
cdraves@piacton.com
www.piacton.com


SPECS is a German manufacturer of cutting-edge components and systems for surface analysis, based on ion and electron spectroscopic methods like XPS, UPS, AES, SIMS, SNMS, LEED, HREELS and STM. Combining spectroscopic and microscopic options the LEEM-instrument produced by SPECS offers the highest resolution currently available on the global market.
In order to integrate thin film preparation all customized SPECS systems are compatible with MBE systems and components of the manufacturer VTS-Createc.

Tel: 415-397-7327
sales@specsus.com
www.specs.de


Vacuum One is a Midwest sales representative firm based in Chicago. We cover the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, and Michigan. Our philosophy is to represent vacuum industry leaders and offer a total vacuum solution to our customers. We currently represent Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, Inficon, Brooks Automation (parent company of Granville-Phillips, CTI-Cryogenics, and Polycold Systems), Advanced Vacuum Company, SAES Getters, KLA-Tencor, Nor-Cal Products, Gamma Vacuum (formerly Physical Electronics), Advanced Research Systems (ARS-Cryo), Toho Technology, Intlvac, Insulator Seal (ISI), AXIC Inc., and Lydall Affinity.

Tel: 773-244-3102; Fax: 773-244-3975
sdix@vacuumone.com
www.vacuumone.com


Veeco’s Wyko® NT Series Optical Profilers provide rapid, non-contact, 3D measurements with sub-nanometer resolution and a vertical range from 0.1 nanometer to 10 millimeters. The combination of resolution, repeatability, and speed enable unmatched performance for the widest range of scientific and industrial materials research, as well as for production-floor quality assurance and failure analysis. NT Series profilers provide ideal solutions for characterizing your most difficult-to-measure surfaces, whether they are rough or smooth, hard or soft, adhesive or deformable.

Tel: 952-941-5950; Fax: 952-941-5435
cgetz@veeco.com
www.veeco.com


VG Scienta brings over 40 years experience innovation and expertise in providing UHV components and high performance instruments for surface science.
VG Scienta is pleased to announce its new 2007 catalogue including UHV components and systems for research.
NEW CATALOGUE AVAILABLE NOW!! Introducing the new VG Scienta product catalogue with more than 100 new UHV components added, including: Modular HV Valve Range; Viewports & Shutters; Magnetic Rotary Drives; Hollow Magnetic Drives; IGC3 - Intelligent Ion Gauge Controller; Sim Step Motor Controllers; Iota Residual Gas Analysers; Cryoax family of He Cooled Manipulators with up to 6 axes of freedom; and New UHV research systems: ARPES systems; Custom XPS / UPS; High Pressure XPS; High Energy XPS; UPS Systems; OLED / MBE Research Systems.

Contact VG Scienta at:

Tel: 800-482-2485
catalogue@vgscienta.com 
www.vgscienta.com


WITec is a manufacturer of high performance instrumentation for scientific and industrial applications focused on new solutions for Optical and Scanning Probe Microscopy: SNOM (NSOM), Confocal Raman Microscopy, AFM, SPM, PFM. Our success and reputation is based on a commitment to quality, flexibility and innovation. The Alpha300R, Confocal Raman Microscope offers the unique ability to acquire chemical information by non-destructive method. The efficient combination optics and very sensitive detectors reduces integration times to milliseconds per pixel.

Tel: 217-351-9705
info@witec-instruments.com
www.witec-instruments.com


Carl Zeiss offers a full line of upright, inverted, stereo and confocal microscopes, image analysis systems and digital cameras for all materials applications including research, metallurgy, surface topography, metrology, quality assurance, and failure analysis. Zeiss specializes in high-resolution digital imaging systems for demanding applications.

See our Axio Imager upright digital microscope and the Discovery V12 digital stereo microscope for routine and research applications. The highest optical performance is combined with maximum stability, exceptional ergonomics and integrated intelligence for enhanced operating comfort. Innovative, intelligent stand architecture with integrated software will provide the highest precision to meet your individual requirements.

micro@zeiss.com
www.zeiss.com/micro