ChemiSEM & ChemiPhase

By integrating ChemiSEM and ChemiPhase with the Thermo Scientific Phenom Desktop SEM, users can streamline their workflows, easily identify regions of interest, detect contaminants or impurities, and quickly understand the elemental distribution within their samples.

This holistic approach significantly enhances productivity and accuracy in various applications, including materials science, electronics, and nanotechnology. 

ChemiSEM

All SEM-EDS analysis is, by definition, complex. This is especially true for applications like product failure investigation and contaminant identification, in which the R&D function needs to continually improve the QC and FA process to gain a better understanding of the issues that emerge.

This is where ChemiSEM Technology’s live analysis provides unique benefits in both quality and productivity.

ChemiSEM Technology combines scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) to streamline complex analysis of many materials, including metals, ceramics, batteries, coatings, cements, and soft materials. By automatically delivering instant and constant access to quantitative elemental information, it gradually builds a deeper and more detailed analysis of the sample in the background, helping you identify key quality issues faster than ever before.

For specimens where limited contrast is available in the SE or BSE images, ChemiSEM Technology enables users to switch to traditional square pixels to provide full flexibility of analysis.

ChemiSEM Technology

Benefits of ChemiSEM Technology

  • Always on—Eliminate the need to move from SEM imaging to EDS analysis for each sample. ChemiSEM is always on and continuously collects the EDS signal during SEM imaging, collecting a full EDS spectrum at every point in the image.
  • Faster data acquisition—Access elemental information much faster than conventional techniques with novel data segmentation approaches based on machine learning, ultrafast signal processing, and the tightest possible SEM EDS integration.
  • Reliable results—Get accurate qualification and quantification over the widest range of operating conditions including beam energy, sample size, and working distance.
  • Complete information—See the big picture with comprehensive micro-scale elemental composition. Immediate color results reveal defects or imperfections you might have otherwise missed.
  • Multi-data viewing—See SEM imaging and elemental information in a single frame for complete characterization of your sample at a glance.
  • Simplified operation—Immediately view compositional results that make elemental information accessible to everyone and easily increase the number of scientists or engineers who can use your facilities.

More info about ChemiSEM?

Would you like to learn more about ChemiSEM, or see it in action yourself? We would be happy to arrange a personal demonstration. Or contact us to discuss the solutions desktop SEM can provide for your lab.

ChemiPhase

ChemiPhase uses a big data approach to detect all statistically significant spectra within the datacube. It provides a simple probability that each pixel belongs to each detected significant spectra. This makes interpretation of complex samples much more straightforward and intuitive because each pixel can only belong to a single phase.

ChemiPhase is a comprehensive, unbiased statistical engine. This avoids problems with traditional methods, which often yield erroneous results if unexpected elements are missed due to overlapping peaks or insufficient intensities. Traditional phase determination is highly dependent on assumptions about the sample.

ChemiPhase- Pinpoint Material Phases

Benefits of ChemiPhase

  • No user bias
  • Run the fully automated process with no prior identification of elements
  • Locate minor and trace elements without extensive experience
  • Complete and comprehensive analysis
  • Unambiguously identify major and minor components down to a single pixel
  • Locate unique components where peak overlaps obscure significant element
  • Fast acquisition
  • Start phase determination with very little X-ray data— as few as 10 counts per pixel
  • Complete most acquisitions in less than a minute, even for complex phase maps
  • Reduced complexity
  • View a simple image-spectrum pair for each distinct phase
  • Automatically optimize all spectra for a more confident analysis 5 μm

More info about ChemiPhase?

Would you like to learn more about ChemiPhase, or see it in action yourself? We would be happy to arrange a personal demonstration. Or contact us to discuss the solutions desktop SEM can provide for your lab.

Applications

By integrating SEM and EDS into a unified platform, ChemiSEM and ChemiPhase deliver real-time, accurate insights into the chemical and structural properties of materials. This groundbreaking approach not only accelerates workflows but also enhances the depth and reliability of analysis, empowering researchers to make faster, better-informed decisions. 

Whether you’re identifying contaminants, exploring elemental distributions, or analyzing complex material phases, these technologies represent a new standard in material characterization. ChemiSEM and ChemiPhase are designed for industries and applications requiring detailed material characterization, including: 

  • Nanotechnology: Analyze thin films, coatings, or nanoparticles with precision. 
  • Electronics: Detect impurities or assess material quality in semiconductors. 
  • Materials Science: Investigate alloy compositions or phase transitions in metals and ceramics. 

 

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