Streamline SEM-EDS Analysis with ChemiSEM Technology

ChemiSEM Technology provides simultaneous SEM EDS analysis

Manufacturing advanced products like batteries, automotive components, and medical devices often requires the use of complex materials. While these materials make it possible to push the bounds of technology, they also require keen attention to ensure performance and prevent failures. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) are two techniques that, when combined, can determine the full composition of these materials, ultimately making it possible to identify even the smallest impurity. The two work in tandem to completely characterize a sample: SEM provides information about the material’s surface while EDS delivers quantitative elemental information. SEM EDS analysis offers deep insight that has become a standard tool for research and development and failure analysis across industries.

However, many SEM and EDS solutions can be slow and complex. They often involve disparate hardware and software, which not only make it more difficult to train new users but also can lead to inconsistent instrument behavior and inconsistent results.

Materials analysis with ChemiSEM Technology

Thermo Scientific™ ChemiSEM™ Technology takes a different approach. It integrates SEM and EDS functions into a single, seamless user interface to help you collect more data in less time and with less effort.

SEM EDS analysis: more meaning at your fingertips

Based on live quantification and building on decades of expertise in EDS analysis, Thermo Scientific ChemiSEM Technology provides elemental information quickly and easily. The foolproof solution is easy to install and use, always live, and able to deliver reliable results with minimal preparation and training. It also helps you reduce downtime and increase throughput to enhance both the quality and quantity of material analysis you can perform.

Thermo Scientific ChemiSEM Technology is a game-changing take on SEM-EDS analysis that provides:

• Continuous, always-on collection of the full EDS spectrum during SEM imaging, which eliminates the need to move from SEM imaging to EDS analysis for each sample and provides more immediate, reliable, and comprehensive insights
• Fast access to elemental information with novel data segmentation approaches based on machine learning, ultra-fast signal processing, and the tightest possible
• Accurate qualification and quantification over the widest range of operating
• Comprehensive microscale elemental composition with immediate color results that reveal defects and imperfections that might have otherwise been missed
• A clear view of both imaging and elemental information in a single frame for complete characterization at a glance
• Simple operation that makes it possible for users of all experience levels to immediately understand compositional results and helps you increase the number of scientists or engineers who can use the instrument

Thermo Scientific ChemiSEM Technology offers unbiased phase analysis, automatic drift correction, built-in reporting, and a range of other features that simplify your workflow. By pairing leading technology with an intuitive user interface, it puts complete, accurate, reliable data at your fingertips to help you make informed decisions and confidently solve your toughest challenges.

Learn more about how Thermo Scientific ChemiSEM Technology can support your analyses here.

 

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Alice Scarpellini is an Applications Development Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific