The 3D OrbiSIMS, the revolutionary product of the 3D nanoSIMS project, has been launched at the National Physical Laboratory.
The project was led by NPL in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, the University of Nottingham (Prof. Morgan Alexander, Prof. Martyn Davies, Prof. Clive Roberts), ION-TOF and the Univerisity of Illinois (Prof. Luke Hanley). The result is the 3D OrbiSIMS, a new hybrid analyser instrument that is the first SIMS (secondary ion mass spectrometry) instrument with an Orbitrap mass spectrometer. This enables world leading ultra-high mass resolution and ion fragment peak deconvolution.
The instrument was officially launched by Sir Colin Dollery at the NiCE-MSI Science & Technology Day and 3D OrbiSIMS launch event on 29 November 2016. The day included a wealth of highly respected speakers from a variety of scientific and industrial disciplices who highlighted the potential of the new technology to revolutionise chemometric analyses.
The instrument joins the recently-acquired IONTOF TOF-SIMS.5 with FIB-SIMS tomographic capability and an IONTOF TOF-SIMS IV in the NiCE-MSI laboratory at NPL. For more infomation on the 3D OrbiSIMS and the additional mass spectrometric imaging capabilities at NPL contact Ian Gilmore or Morgan Alexander.
Posted on Friday 6th January 2017