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TriLambda Nano-XRM – 40 nm high resolution x-ray microscope

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Tri Lambda ™-40 3D nano x-ray microscope is the highest resolution (40 nm) laboratory x-ray microscope in the world, with the power to image internal nanostructure and optimized performance in a wide range of samples, spanning everything from cells and polymers to geological samples and metals.

Further information

The TriLambda40™ system was developed to help research groups performing XRM experiments primarily at synchrotron setups who are limited by beamtime and who needed ultra-high resolution. The TriLambda40™ advantages at a glance are:

Highest resolution 3D XRM, with 40 nanometer spatial resolution
Patent-pending x-ray source with multiple x-ray source target materials for unique advantages including dual energy imaging and optimization of acquisition speed
Optimized throughput for time-based (4D) & in-situ studies
Designed by the world’s foremost experts on x-ray microscopes

Sigray has developed an ultrahigh brightness x-ray source featuring an x-ray target comprised of multiple materials in close thermal contact with a diamond substrate. Software selection of the target material enables rapid switching between different characteristic x-ray energies of each material, for example:

8 keV (for metallic and semicon samples)
6,4 keV (for ceramics)
5,4 keV (for rock samples, stained cells and bones)
2,7 keV (for unstained cells)

Specifications

Parameter	Specification
High resolution mode
Resolution	40 nm
Voxel	13 nm
Field of view	18 μm
Sample size	15 - 25 μm preferred
Large field of view mode
Resolution	120 nm
Voxel	40 nm
Field of view	60 μm
Sample size	60 - 100 μm preferred
Contrast mode	Absorption and phase contrast
Source	Sigray high brightness microfocus source
Target material	Dual energy (standard): Cr (5.4 keV) and Cu (8.0 keV) Additional targets include: Fe (6.4 keV), Au (9.7 keV), others available on request
Power	100 W
X-ray optics
Condenser	2 sets of Sigray twin paraboloidal x-ray optics matched to zone plates
Focusing objective	Fresnel diffraction zone plate lens system
Phase ring	Zernike phase shift ring
X-ray detectors	High efficiency x-ray detector sys- tem, CCD 2048 x 2048 pixel
Footprint [L x W x H]	2.3 x 1.3 x 1.5 m, 2000 kg
Maximum load	1 kg
Stage	High precision tomography stage with 12 x 10 x 12 mm travel XYZ