Solutions for NanoAnalysis: Recent Episodes
Bruker Nano Analytics
Welcome to our Solutions for NanoAnalysis podcast brought to you by Bruker Nano Analytics. We look forward to bringing you a new podcast regularly.
Every session we will focus on a different problem that our colleagues face in the lab and in the field. Some of the solutions will be a variation of ideas you may have heard before or even worked with. We will bring you these topics in a new and interesting way and introduce you to updated and thought-provoking results. We will talk about how the problem was dealt with in the past and what we’re doing to solve the problem now and perhaps even envision future solutions.
Join us as we talk solutions with a variety of scientists and technicians in a variety of industries in our Solutions for NanoAnalysis Podcast.
Join us as we speak to Maureen Moses, a fine jewelry and watch authentication specialist with fashionphile.com, about the handheld XRF technology and authenticating luxury handbags and accessories. A fashion file showroom can be visited to buy and sell ultra luxury handbags and accessories. If you're looking to sell with fashion file or if you have any other questions about how fashion file works, you can find them at fashionfile.com.
YouTube:
Authenticating Fine Jewelry with FASHIONPHILE https://youtu.be/eXjM_OzAd3E?t=119
Bruker XRF Safety https://youtu.be/KBTnbKuSfNA
Website:
https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/S1-TITAN.html
https://www.fashionphile.com/
Handheld XRF: How it works https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/how-xrf-works.html
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Join us as we speak to Jack Mershon, Applications Specialist for Tescan USA Inc., about SEM advancements and the TESCAN Essence™ 3D Collision Model.
YouTube:
Bruker Detectors https://youtu.be/4iHCLUG7RGw
Website:
Bruker Detectors https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/eds-wds-ebsd-SEM-Micro-XRF.html
Essence™ 3D Collision Model – Tescan https://www.tescan.com/product/sem-for-materials-science-tescan-vega/
App Notes application notes:
Essence™ 3D Collision Model – Tescan flyer https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-151ee2e2-f12c-4aa7-9864-7bb93c3f36b8/1/-/-/-/-/Tescan%20-%20Essence%203D%20collision%20model.pdf
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Join us as we speak to Armin Gross, Senior Product Manager TXRF at Bruker Nano Analytics, about TXRF technology and environmental testing.
YouTube:
TXRF videos on Facebook https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF_GRo7UL0J0gGlMkAKf3scA24sbmdK9R
Website:https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/txrf-spectrometers.html
Details of the ongoing aerosol project can be found at the project web page at www.aerometproject.com.
More details about TXRF Network can be found at the project web page at https://enforcetxrf.eu/.
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Join us as we speak to Steve Whittaker, Research Services Program Manager for the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington, and Katie Fellows, Project Manager on the Research Services team for King County's Hazardous Waste Management Program, about using the Bruker S1 TITAN XRF to screen for lead in the aluminum cookpots of Afghan refugees in the Seattle area.
Website: https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/micro-xrf-spectrometers/m4-tornado.html
S1 TITAN – portable Elemental Analysis from Mg-U
New study reveals lead in some imported aluminum cookpots could contribute to lead poisoning
The Cookware & Bakeware Alliance - Cookware.org
Abstracts and Whitepapers:
Investigating aluminum cookpots as a source of lead exposure in Afghan refugee children resettled in the United States. Fellows, K.M., Samy, S., Rodriguez, Y. et al. Investigating aluminum cookpots as a source of lead exposure in Afghan refugee children resettled in the United States. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 32, 451–460 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-022-00431-y
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Join us as we speak to Dr. Lee Drake, a former Bruker employee who has taken his XRF know-how to artificial intelligence and beyond, helping with refugee displacements being integrated into new homes and helping save the world.
YouTube:
TRACER 5g introduction https://youtu.be/0T8HaVan0XU
Website: TRACER 5g https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/handheld-xrf-applications/materials-research.html
Information listed in today’s podcast
XRF website - https://www.xrf.guru
Company website - http://www.decisiontreellc.com
Humanitarian Legal website - https://www.humanitarianlegal.org
NYTimes article - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/world/asia/afghanistan-girl-burn-evacuation-military.html
Article on the release of one Lee’s colleague - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/politics/safi-rauf-taliban-release-cnntv/index.html
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Join us as we talk to Dr. Molly Hanlon from Penn State about her use of the Bruker Tracer 5 Handheld XRF to support her research in deep root systems.
YouTube:
Tracer 5g https://youtu.be/0T8HaVan0XU
Website:
https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/TRACER-5.html
roots.psu.edu
arpa-e roots https://arpa-e.energy.gov/technologies/programs/roots
Brochure:
Agri-Solutions Brochure https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-7071cb35-e177-4546-9b1e-e298a825f07b/1/-/-/-/-/Agri-Solutions.pdf
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RecentlyDr. Meiken Falke the Global Product Manager for EDS on TEM and SEM with Bruker Nano Analytics presented the topic "Colorful Quantities of Matter" during a larger formatted program.
We are going to share her portion here so you can gain insights from her talk. Her presentation is on adding color to electron microscope data using spectroscopy and diffraction. Talking about not just coloring in each type of atom but counting them one by one and studying their geometric arrangement in complex structures.
Join us as we talk to Caitlin Turner, PhD student at Louisiana State University, about using Bruker Nano Analytics’[MK1] Handheld XRF to drive her studies in the Mississippi River wetlands.
Speaker: Caitlin Turner, PhD student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
YouTube:
Coastal Wetlands Research with Portable XRF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEWWD3PleE&t=11s
Website:
https://www.bruker.com/en/applications/minerals-mining-and-petrochemical/academic-geoscience-research/oceanography-and-hydrologic-science.html
Brochure:
TRACER 5 - https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-514b80c6-3124-4a5f-be8c-f4575de447f0/1/-/-/-/-/TRACER%205%20brochure.pdf
Abstracts and Whitepapers:
Portable XRF Solutions for Environmental Stewardship –https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-0dec7b89-17d3-49e2-96fb-79daf2248ba2/1/-/-/-/-/Environmental%20Solutions%20brochure.pdf
AGU paper –https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-1b19bb2c-a6b9-4d29-93ab-745414e311e8/1/-/-/-/-/AGU_Paper_OS15C_0987.pdf
Mentioned in podcast:
National Estuarine Research Reserve - https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/
CPRA https://coastal.la.gov/
Dell Torus, and they're out of the Netherlands. https://oss.deltares.nl/web/delft3d/home
EPA - https://www.epa.gov/wetlands
USGS - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center
NOAA - https://www.noaa.gov/
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Today we are joined by Dr. Tina Hill, Applications Scientist with Bruker Nano Analytics, to discuss her approach when testing samples using the M4 TORNADO, the tool of choice for sample characterization using small-spot micro X-ray fluorescence.
YouTube:
M4 TORNADO PLUS https://youtu.be/3h-uSchWEDw
Website:https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/micro-xrf-spectrometers/m4-tornado.html
Brochure
https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-44da6eaa-ef40-4a3b-a0fb-f0532249cfe1/1/-/-/-/-/M4%20TORNADO.pdf
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Join us as we talk to Jess Chloros and Gianfranco Pocabene, conservators from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, about conserving Titian’s “Rape of Europa”. From surprising finds in the paint in the sky to preparing a 600-year-old painting to travel. What could go wrong?
Speakers:
Jessica Chloros, Objects Conservator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Gianfranco Pocabene, Chief Paintings and Research Conservator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
YouTube:
Art and Conservation Analysis with XRF - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF_GRo7UL0J08n8XP4eB5i4Wm1vZOO8qK
Website: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum : https://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/women-myth-power
https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/titian-women-myth-and-power-gallery-guide
Bruker Fine Arts: https://www.bruker.com/en/applications/academia-materials-science/art-conservation-archaeology/fine-art-analysis.html
Abstracts and Whitepapers:
Marco X-ray fluorescence scanning (MA-XRF) as tool in the authentication of paintings -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026265X17307051?via%3Dihub
App Notes application notes:
M6 JETSTREAM brochure download - https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/form/15240/021f:d-0002/0/-/-/-/-/index.htm
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Today we are joined by Dr. Ronald J. O'Malley, F. Kenneth Iverson Chair Professor in Steelmaking Technologies and Director of the Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center, and Mike Potter, a Materials Scientist at RJ Lee Group, to discuss using IntelliSEM technology and the Quantax EDS on the SEM to refine the steelmaking process through identification of inclusions.
Website:
https://mse.mst.edu/steelmanufacturingresearchcenter/
https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/eds-wds-ebsd-SEM-Micro-XRF/quantax-eds-for-sem.html
For more information on Intellisem - https://go.rjlg.com/intellisem
App Notes application notes:
QUANTAX-EDS Flyer - https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/formfd/15240/023d:d-0002
Application Note XRF 465 – Standardless and standard-supported fundamental parameter quantification of steel samples Link Here
Facebook:
Material Science and Engineering-Peaslee Facebook link - https://www.facebook.com/CeramicsandMets
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Today we are joined by Dr. Marian Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Colorado, to discuss her use of the TRACER 5 handheld XRF in her research in primate evolution.
Website:
TRACER 5 https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/TRACER-5.html
Kibale National Parkhttps://www.ugandawildlife.org/explore-our-parks/parks-by-name-a-z/kibale-national-park
The McNair Scholarship program https://www.unco.edu/news/articles/2020-mcnair-research-award-winners.aspx congrats - Theresa Schwartz, "Determining Dietary Niche in Primates Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence," mentored by Marian Hamilton, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Anthropology
Case Study
Reconstructing diets of extinct primate species with the TRACER 5 handheld XRF to shed light on human evolution. https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/formfd/15240/025e:d-0002
YouTube:
Portable XRF for Monitoring Plants and Soils https://youtu.be/Btwu8BM8v1k
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In today’s episode, we are joined by Dr. Meiken Falke, Global Product Manager EDS/TEM, and Hosanna Lillydahl-Schroeder, Senior Applications Scientist, to discuss the use of TEM for semiconductor analysis.
Webinars:
TEM, STEM and T-SEM EDS Quantification at its Best -https://www.bruker.com/en/news-and-events/webinars/2019/tem-stem-and-t-sem-eds-quantification-at-its-best.html
Nanostructural Characterization of Semiconductors with SEM https://www.bruker.com/en/news-and-events/webinars/2020/nanostructural-characterization-of-semiconductors-with-sem.html
New Windowless EDS detector - Link to intro of Oval 100mm2 for TEM: https://www.bruker.com/en/news-and-events/webinars/2020/new-windowless-EDS-detector-100-oval.html
Abstracts and Whitepapers:
Paper recommended in session: Coherent Bremsstrahlung effect observed during STEM analysis of dopant distribution in silicon devices using large area silicon drift EDX detectors and high brightness electron source
R.Pantel, Ultramicroscopy, Volume 111, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 1607-1618
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304399111002117
Website:
https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/eds-wds-ebsd-SEM-Micro-XRF.html
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Today we are joined by Douglas Stauffer, Senior Manager of applications for Bruker Hysitron product, and Peter Hosemann, Prof and Dept chair of Nuclear Engineering at UC Berkeley for a discussion of the challenges we are facing and how they are inherently materials limited. This makes the development of new materials, particularly structural materials for extreme environments, so critical.
Resources:
Nationalgrid.com – History of energy https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/history-of-energy
Website:
Department of Nuclear Engineering https://nuc.berkeley.edu/about/
Nanomechanical Instruments for SEM/TEM https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/test-and-measurement/nanomechanical-instruments-for-sem-tem.html
Webinar:
https://www.bruker.com/en/news-and-events/webinars/2020/in-situ-sem-nanomechanics-with-bruker-s-picoindenter---webinar-a.html
Brochure:
https://mbns.bruker.com/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/9063/p/p-0104/t/form/fm/0/r//s/?ao_gatedpage=p-0104&ao_gatedasset=f-0820
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Today we are joined by Dr. Kristin Bunker, a senior scientist at RJ Lee Group, and Dr. Marit Meyer, from the NASA Glenn Research Center, to discuss the usage of microscopy to identify airborne particles in the cabin on the International Space Station. Analyzing the makeup of these particles and keeping the air particle free allows us to ensure safe, breathable air for our astronauts in orbit.
Website:
https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/eds-wds-ebsd-SEM-Micro-XRF/quantax-eds-for-sem.html
Aerosol Sampling Experiment on the International Space Station
Results of the Aerosol Sampling Experiment on the International Space Station
Further Characterization of Aerosols Sampled on the International Space Station
Spacecraft Air Quality Index, in New Space Journal
Marit Meyer ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marit-Meyer
For more information on Intellisem - https://go.rjlg.com/intellisem
App Notes application notes:
QUANTAX-EDS Flyer - https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/formfd/15240/023d:d-0002
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Today we are joined by Dr. Daniel Goran, Bruker’s EBSD Senior Product Manager, and Mike Toalson, a distributor for COXEM, a manufacturer of benchtop systems, to talk about the advancements being made with the new Bruker ED-XS. We discuss the addition of our EBSD detectors to benchtop SEMs with some terrific results. Join us while we talk about how labs with the limited resources can get outstanding results.
Additional information:
YouTube:
Electron Backscatter Diffraction Explained: QUANTAX EBSD https://youtu.be/TOGRtACDw7M
Website: https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/eds-wds-ebsd-SEM-Micro-XRF/quantax-ed-xs.html
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Today we are joined by Tina Hill, an Application Scientist at Bruker Nano Analytics, and Geoff West, a Senior Researcher at WMG at the University of Warwick, to discuss the use of micro-XRF for Steel Analysis. We delve into the meaning of Weld Maps and Bragg diffraction maps and the capabilities of the Bruker M4 TORNADO Micro-XRF Spectrometer.
Additional Information:
YouTube:
Light Element Analysis with the micro-XRF Spectrometer M4 TORNADO PLUS https://youtu.be/3h-uSchWEDw
Website: https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/micro-xrf-spectrometers/m4-tornado.html
Abstracts and Whitepapers:
The Effect of Micro-Segregation on the Quantification of Microstructural Parameters in Grade 91 Steel by SHARHID JABAR, JOHN A. SIEFERT, MARTIN STRANGWOOD, and GEOFF D. WEST https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-59a36dfb-21cf-41bd-8179-f6a20ac32dbd/1/-/-/-/-/Steel%20Analysis.pdf
Simultaneous Acquisition of Crystal Fabric Orientation and Chemical Distribution with the Bruker M4 TORNADO micro-XRF by Tina Hill, Yongli Gao https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-f403db23-1d79-4ffc-ae4e-4407d202dcb8/1/-/-/-/-/DXC_2018_Hill_02.pdf
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In the inaugural episode of Solutions for NanoAnalysis, we are joined by Kim Russell, Market Segment Manager for Food Safety and Agriculture at Bruker. We discuss how food manufacturers use handheld x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) to solve the problem of foreign objects in food. Key points include the improvements in XRF over the years, the development and use of spectral fingerprints, and other Bruker technologies to aid in identifying foreign objects in food.
Reference:
“Two food safety laws”, Stephen Kosnar: Hektoen Institute of Medicine www.hekteon.org
YouTube: two-part video on the Bruker Nano Analytics YouTube channel, one is titled “Physical Contaminant ID in Food Production” and the other is “Physical Contaminant Spectral Fingerprinting for Food Production“. https://youtu.be/AJwwdWfxLgA https://youtu.be/SgOXKzDIlUc
Website: https://www.bruker.com/en/applications/food-analysis-and-agriculture/food-safety/foreign-object-identification.html
Webinar: “Quickly Identify and Source Foreign Material Contaminants Found in Food Products with Handheld XRF” is available on demand at https://www.bruker.com/en/news-and-events/webinars/2021/quickly-identify-foreign-contaminants-in-food-with-handheld-XRF.html
App Notes application notes:
Micro-XRF Application Note XRF 470 Analysis of natural and processed food samples EN
Analysis of potato samples with the M4 TORNADO micro-XRF spectrometer
AN 1702 FBI in Food Product Manufacturing with HH-XRF
Identifying foreign objects found in food products and determining their source
Portable Analytical Solutions for Food Safety & Agriculture
Portable elemental analysis solutions for food quality, food safety, and agriculture applications with handheld XRF
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