Sponsored Content: Overcoming the Sample-Preparation Bottleneck
Preparing High-Quality Specimens Faster
The quality of microscopy and materials characterization depends on the quality of specimen preparation. Yet preparing specimens for advanced analytical techniques such as APT, TEM, SEM and other characterization methods remains one of the most time-consuming and challenging steps in the workflow. Researchers must balance the need for speed with preserving critical structures and avoiding preparation-induced artifacts that can compromise downstream analysis.
Built on more than a decade of field-proven technology, 3D-Micromac’s microPREP PRO FEMTO helps researchers prepare high-quality specimens faster across a range of applications and materials. By reducing sample-preparation times from hours to minutes for many applications, the system accelerates the path to meaningful results. Combining high-precision femtosecond laser processing with intelligent process control, the system enables efficient material removal while maintaining the quality required for reliable analytical results.
Integrated real-time process monitoring and precise endpoint detection provide greater control over material removal, helping users reach regions of interest with confidence while reducing the risk of over-processing valuable samples. The result is a more efficient and controlled workflow that helps researchers move from preparation to analysis more quickly.
Flexibility Across Applications and Materials
Whether working with multilayer structures, brittle materials, polymers, transparent materials or other challenging specimens, researchers need sample-preparation solutions that can adapt to their specific requirements. microPREP PRO FEMTO is customizable to the lab personnel’s materials and applications needs, including demanding delayering and other failure analysis requirements, while integrating seamlessly into existing cross-section analysis and characterization workflows. The platform’s open compatibility with any downstream tool – whether FIB, plasma etching, or analysis system – enables labs to optimize preparation strategies and analytical resources for each project.
25 Years of Industry Expertise
Researchers also benefit from 3D-Micromac’s 25 years of laser expertise and experience supporting advanced sample-preparation applications. The company works closely with customers across the semiconductor, optics, energy storage and defense sectors, as well as universities, R&D labs and national institutes, to address unique materials, applications and characterization requirements, helping optimize workflows for their needs. This combination of field-proven technology, application knowledge and collaborative support helps researchers address today’s most demanding sample-preparation challenges.
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Visit 3D-Micromac at IMC to learn how microPREP PRO FEMTO can help accelerate sample-preparation workflows for advanced characterization and FA applications.