TEM Specimen Holders

Our specimen holders extend the capabilities of the Transmission Electron Microscope. Conduct your experiments in-situ in the TEM.

FIB / SEM Accessories

Our sample stages extend the capabilities of the Scanning Electron Microscope / Focused Ion Beam Microscope. Conduct experiments inside the SEM or prepare your specimen inside the FIB.

TEM Holder Accessories

To get the most out of your TEM holders use Hummingbird Scientific's selected TEM holder accessories.

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Gas Catalysis Workshop

January 11, 2012
Hummingbird Scientific organized a gas-catalysis workshop November 3rd-5th, 2011, at Fernbrook in Olympia, WA. There were 14 attendees, including researchers from Purdue, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and several Hummingbird employees. We hope to hold more workshops of this sort in 2012 to encourage scientific collaboration between Hummingbird Scientific and our customers.

Hummingbird at MRS Fall Meeting

December 12, 2011
Hummingbird Scientific will be attending the annual Fall Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston, MA from November 28 - December 1. Come visit us in Booth 207 at the Exhibit to learn more about our newest in-situ TEM products and talk to our scientists and engineers.

2011 NCEM User Meeting

August 12, 2011
Hummingbird will have an exhibitor table at the 2011 National Center for Electron Microscopy and Molecular Foundry Users' Meeting on October 5 and 6. Come meet Hummingbird staff and discuss your electron microscopy needs during this event.

2nd Annual In-Situ TEM Fluid Holder Workshop

August 12, 2011
Immediately following the 2011 FEMMS meeting Hummingbird Scientific will organize the 2nd Annual In- Situ TEM fluid holder workshop, which is aimed at users of in-situ TEM fluid holders. The workshop will run on the afternoon of September 23 and September 24. The location will be in or around the FEMMS conference hotel.
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In-situ TEM Changes in Magnetic Structure

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Argonne National Laboratory have used the Hummingbird Scientific in-situ TEM magnetizing holder to investigate the changes in magnetic domain structure with respect to the applied magnetic field in a Fe-Pd-Co magnetic shape memory alloy.
Reference: A. Budruk, C. Phatak, A.K. Petford-Long, and M. De Graef, "In-situ Lorentz magnetization study of a Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy," Acta Materialia, vol. 59, pp. 4895-4906 (2011). Images copyright © 2011 Acta Metallurgica, Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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High Resolution TEM Imaging in Liquid

Researchers at UC Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have used Hummingbird Scientific in-situ TEM liquid stages to study lead-sulfide (PbS) nanoparticles growth.
Images and article source: "Controlled Growth of Nanoparticles from Solution with In Situ Liquid Transmission Electron Microscopy", J. E. Evans, K. L. Jungjohann, N. D. Browning and I. Arslan, Nano Letters, 2011, 11 (7), pp 2809-2813, Copyright © 2011 American Chemical Society.

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