The MN Chapter of the AVS would like to thank the following vendors for their support of the
2012 Symposium.
Physical Electronics is a subsidiary of ULVAC-PHI, the world’s leading supplier of surface
analysis instrumentation used for research and development of advanced materials. Fields of
application for our products include: nanotechnology, microelectronics, magnetic media, biomedical devices, catalysis, photovoltaics and thin film coatings. PHI’s innovative XPS, AES, and
TOF-SIMS technologies provide our customers with unique tools to solve challenging materials
problems and accelerate the development of new materials and products. For more
information visit our website at www.phi.com.
DMS inc.
DMS inc. is a Manufacturers’ Representative organization selling products from High tech
instrument companies with leading edge technologies.
Products we now offer include:
AFM systems from AIST-NT; fully automated, highest resolution, TERS packages, and also
systems from AFM Workshop; complete AFM systems for under $30k.
Confocal Raman Imaging from Nanophoton Corp., patented laser scanning systems with
highest resolution, S/N and imaging speed, fully automated.
Nanomechanical Test systems from Micromaterials LLC, highest accuracy, with patented
impact, nanofretting, nano/micro indenting & scratch, from RT to 750 C.
Vibration Isolation from Herzan, highest performance in active isolation, air tables, acoustic
enclosures, EMI shielding, vibration monitoring, from tabletop to modular with high load
capacity.
Sample prep systems from Boeckeler-RMC, including cryo-ultramicrotomes, rotary microtomes,
TEM stainers, High pressure freezers, tissue processors, glass knife makers.
Materials characterization and adhesion testing, from Quadgroup, inc. Up to 24 different
tests, all on one machine.
Doug D. D'Arcy
DMS, Inc.
1128 Mary Lane
Naperville, IL 60540
tel 630-983-1704
email: darcymicro@sbcglobal.net
Evans Analytical Group (EAG) is the world’s largest independent provider of materials
characterization and surface analysis services. Our customers work in multiple industries, from
semiconductors to medical devices; from LED lighting to photovoltaic materials; and from raw
materials to finished products. EAG has a global network of labs and our facility in Chanhassen,
MN is in integral component of our network, providing XPS, Auger, TOF-SIMS, SEM and SIMS
services. EAG is committed to excellence in all our professional practices, offering world-class
analytical services, with fast turnaround and exceptional quality. The MN facility is certified to
ISO 9001 and 17025, enabling us to provide excellent consistency among global EAG sites. Our
labs can act as an extension of your own facilities and we provide you direct access to our
analytical staff. We’ll use our skills, experience, and advanced instrumentation to help solve
your most challenging problems.
jnewman@eaglabs.com
is the Midwest’s leading source of high quality vacuum systems and components.
We sell a broad range of products to our vacuum and deposition clients
Torvac supplies a large variety of components and systems including: pumps, chambers,
flanges, sputtering cathodes and materials, motion and electrical feedthroughs, vacuum
gauging and MUCH more.
Our valued clients include MBE manufacturing, deposition coating, surface analysis, integrated
circuitry, high temperature processing, and thin film techniques.
Torvac is an upper Midwest representative of the leading vacuum components and systems
Including:
MDC Vacuum Products
Insulator Seal
Angstrom Sciences
Gamma Vacuum
Denton Vacuum
Austin Scientific
Refurbished Pumps
Stephen Borden
World leading vacuum hardware and components, valving,
manipulators & much more
Electrical feedthroughs, Viewports, Fluid feedthroughs and
connectors
Sputtering Magnetrons (Circular, Linear, Rotational and
Cylindrical) Exceptional Uniformity and Utilization Control
Ion pumps and controllers, Titanium sublimation and
Getter Pumps for UHV vacuum
Complete R&D systems and large production tools,
Sputter/Evap/Thermal PECVD/Solar
Austin manufactures and rebuilds a complete line of cryopumps,
compressors and controllers. They repair and refurbish their own
products and specialize in the same for CTI pumps at
approximately 1/3 less cost and are fully factory warranted!
We also work with factory authorized rebuilders of turbo and
roughing pumps Our fully WARRANTED are about half the cost of
new to get you back up fast after an unscheduled shut down.
5905 Golden Valley Road
Suite 222
Minneapolis, MN 55422
(763) 544-0888 phone
steve@torvac.com
www.torvac.com
Midwest Vacuum, Inc. is a Manufacturer’s Representative Firm, representing a wide variety of
Products serving the Vacuum to UHV customers. We have full capabilities to supply all
equipment needed for processing and R&D from Pumps to Chambers, Gauging and
Components as well as complete coating systems. We represent the premier lines in each field
we address with companies like VAT, Shimadzu, Anest Iwata, Nor-Cal Products. Cascade
Microtech and others. Please check our Web page at www.midwestvacuum.com for more
information.
Midwest Vacuum, Inc.
201 E. Ogden Ave. Suite 15
Hinsdale IL 60521
Tel: 630 323 5399
Fax: 630 323 2142
e-mail: hluedi@midwestvacuum.com
The University of Minnesota Characterization Facility ("CharFac") is a multi-user, shared
instrumentation facility for materials research spanning from nanotechnology to biology and
medicine. Analytical capabilities include microscopy via electron beams, force probes and
visible light, including cryogenic methods; elemental and chemical imaging including depth
profiling; elemental, chemical and mass spectrometry; atomic and molecular structure analysis
via X-ray, ion or electron scattering; nanomechanical and nanotribological probes; and other
tools for surface and thin-film metrology.
CharFac resides administratively under the College of Science and Engineering with additional
support from the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Medical School and the School
of Dentistry. Approximately 140 research programs from 40 University of Minnesota
departments, and units under eight colleges use our capabilities. The CharFac also works with
some 50 industrial companies and dozens of external academic institutions in a typical
year. These interactions include analytical services, independent use training, and research
collaboration.
612-626-7594
www.charfac.umn.edu
charfac@umn.edu
Mantis Deposition is a complete vacuum deposition equipment supplier. Specializing in
magnetron sputtering, thermal evaporation, and nanoparticle deposition, Mantis offers
integrated systems and individual components. The wide product line and team of expert staff
will ensure that Mantis is able to provide you with the optimum solution.
Mantis Deposition’s Nanogen product line is a proprietary technique to generate nanoparticles
of high purity and high size resolution. With patented components such as the Nanogen Trio
and the Nanogen Core-Shell Coater, the Nanogen can be used to develop alloy and multimaterial nanoparticles.
Mantis Deposition is an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 registered company with the North American
headquarters located in Minnesota.
Brandon Brandt
Technical Sales
Mantis Deposition Ltd
1173 Havenview Drive
Shakopee, MN 55379
brandon.brandt@mantisdeposition.com
Phone: 763-370-7304
Fax: 888-370-4791
www.mantisdeposition.com
New Product: Argus CU, a versatile easy-to-use electron spectrometer.
• the highly optimized analyzer architecture includes a new compression lens design
• ultimate transmission & outstanding sensitivity for quantitative XPS and UPS applications
• state-of-the-art in vacuum 128-channel detector allowing e.g. for quantitative Snapshot XPS
and chemical state imaging
• Outstanding XPS performance with more than 2Mcps at 0.6eV Ag3d5/2 (in combination with
XM 1200)
New Product: XM 1200 a monochromatic x-ray source
• features higher brightness and longer life time
New Product: Fermi SPM - SPM in a Temperature Range from from 30 K to 400 K
• Compact Design
• Sensor Exchange & 2D Coarse
• Sample and Tip in Thermal Equilibrium
• Low Thermal Drift
• STM, AFM & Spectroscopy
• Sub pA STM
LT NANOPROBE - Ultimate Probing at the Nanoscale
• Four Fully Independent Scanning Tunnelling Microscopes
• 4-Point Transport Measurements
• Excellent STM Performance for Spectroscopy and Manipulation
• Base Temperature T < 5 K
• High Resolution SEM Navigation
Eric J. Peterson
General Manager
Omicron NanoTechnology USA
952-345-5240
fax 952-294-8043
e.peterson@omicronus.com
Hysitron® is the world leader in developing nanomechanical test instruments and has designed
cutting edge technology for the scientific community since 1992. As the pioneers of in-situ
imaging with nanoindentation and nanomechanical property measurement capabilities,
Hysitron has grown with the nanotechnology market for almost two decades.
In addition to nanoindentation and microindentation, Hysitron's instrument capabilities include
tribology, modulus mapping, dynamic mechanical analysis, acoustic emission monitoring,
electrical contact resistance and in-situ SEM and TEM nanomechanical testing. Our instruments
are custom designed to solve your nanomechanical property needs and our team of expert
scientists is always on hand to answer your questions and help solve your problems.
Jeffrey Schirer
jschirer@hysitron.com
Telephone: 952-657-4717