Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a high-resolution imaging technique in which a beam of electrons passes through a thin sample to produce an image. The electron beam is impacted by the sample’s thickness/density, composition, and, in some cases, crystallinity. The electrons that are transmitted through the specimen subsequently provide contrast in the resulting image, revealing high-resolution compositional information.
TEM instruments for Material Science
Talos (S)TEM
Your daily partner for fast, high-quality imaging, EDS mapping, and sample screening
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- High tension: 80–200 kV.
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- (S)TEM resolution: <1.4 Å.
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- High throughput for structure and chemical analysis.

Spectra (S)TEM
Uncover atomic structure
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- Ready access to sub-Angstrom information.
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- High tension: 30-300 kV
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- (S)TEM resolution: <0.5 Å.
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- High throughput for atomic-resolution work.

Iliad (S)TEM
See beyond the atomic horizon
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- Seamless EELS and EDS spectroscopy with an EELS filter/spectrometer and the Ultra-X EDS Detector.
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- The fast NanoPulser beam blanker for electron dose optimization and time-resolved experiments.
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- Switch between accelerating voltage settings from 30 to 300 kV in only a few minutes.
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- High tension 30-300 kV. (S)TEM resolution: <0.5 Å.
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- High throughput for atomic-scale chemical analysis.
TEM instruments for Life Science
Talos 12
Designed for multi-user facilities performing life science, biomedical, and pathology research, or pharmaceutical drug formulation analysis.
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- Tissue section imaging for pathologists, cell biologists, neurobiologists, and plant researchers.
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- Can be equipped with cryo-EM capabilities for native-state imaging, as well as protein and crystal structure analysis.
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- High-throughput cryo-EM acquisition and analysis of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for drug delivery systems.

Talos F200C
Ideal for mixed life sciences and materials science research facilities, or pharmaceutical drug formulation analysis.
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- Tissue section imaging for pathologists, cell biologists, neurobiologists, and plant researchers.
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- High-contrast, high-quality TEM and STEM with up to four channel-integrated STEM detectors for in-depth materials analysis.
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- Higher resolution and higher throughput for cryo-EM applications.

Cryo-TEM family
Instruments specialized for cryo-EM applications in the life sciences and pharmaceutical research, from single particle analysis to cryo-electron tomography.
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- High-resolution instruments for the analysis of proteins, macromolecular complexes, and viruses.
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- High-throughput for drug characterization and screening.
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- Advanced cryo-electron tomography for 3D images of cellular structures in their near-native, frozen-hydrated state.