VINSE has several microscopes available for optical characterization of materials. Specific capabilities and locations are provided below.
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Inspection Microscope
Nikon Eclipse LV100
Overview
The Nikon Eclipse LV100 is a simple to use inspection microscope equipped with 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100x objectives and a halogen light source. It is also capable of bright field, darkfield and polarized light microscopy. The microscope is equipped with an Infinity3-6UR 6 Megapixel, wide field of view, color CCD camera. Presets for each objective have been calibrated for white balance and on-image measurements. One is available in the cleanroom and one in specimen prep.
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Capabilities
- Brightfield and Darkfield Optical Microscopy
- Polarized Light Microscopy
- Video Recording (27 fps full frame, 75 fps 640x480)
- Image Stitching
- Measurements
Applications
- Component Inspection
- Sample Preparation
- Process Validation
- Micron-scale Imaging
Nikon Contact
Optical Microscope
Olympus BX51M with Digital Image Capture
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Overview
The Olympus BX51M is an optical microscope equipped with 2.5, 10, 50, and 100x objectives and reflected light illumination. The BX51M offers both a microscope lens view and a computer monitor display view. The microscope is equipped with a Lumenera INFINITY2-2 high resolution CCD color microscopy camera.
Capabilities
- WD MPlanFL N BD Objectives
- 12V 100 Watt Reflected Light Illumination
- Image analysis software:
- INFINITY Capture 6.5.6
- INFINITY Analyze 6.5.5
- Camera control, measurement, annotations, post capture enhancement
- 4” x 4” mechanical stage
Olympus Contact
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VINSE Cleanroom
Dr. Ben Schmidt, Manager
Dr. Christina McGahan
Megan Dernberger- 111 Engineering Science Building