Recent Additions
New products for light microscopy, histology, and electron microscopy
EMS EM5 Embedding Molds
Introducing the EM5 - an innovative new design based on the widely used Ø8 mm size embedding mold. The unique two part design allows for easy removal of resin blocks, as well as incorporating many other advantages over currently available embedding products.
Double Sided Carbon Tape with Aluminum base
With carbon double-sided tape, small particle sizes, such as 15-20 microns, can be mounted on the adhesive and produce good background structure. Our Double sided Carbon tape is also available in five widths to accommodate varying specimen mount surface sizes and applications. We now carry Double Sided Carbon Tape with Aluminum base in addition to the unwoven base products, which offers a smoother surface.
Double Sided Carbon Tape with Aluminum base
Paraffin Tissue Microarrays
Paraffin tissue microarrays (TMAs) are becoming more common in the laboratories. Current techniques including organizing, punching, and inserting tissues is time consuming and involving costly equipments.This Arraymold is the simple tool but great answer for this current technique for laboratories to perform TMAs with less time consuming, excellent results.
Magnifying Lights: Green-Lite™
EMS is proud to introduce the next generation of Magnifying Lights. Equipped with next generation, surface mount LEDs, these innovative designs create the new standard for illuminated magnifiers. Your investment in new technology quickly pays for itself through energy savings. Made in the USA.
Magnifying Lights: Green-Lite™
Standard Loop Filaments
See our updated selection of Standard Loop Filaments, available new or rebuilt. All of our filaments, new or rebuilt, are inspected for consistent quality and performance before being shipped to you.
Lighted Forceps and Scissors: Ergonomic
See your samples and your embeddings in a whole new light! These lighted forceps ease identification and location of otherwise undetectable tissue fragments, while reducing embedding time. Increases the visibility of specimen allowing for more accurate work. Made of German stainless steel, are submersible and light longevity approx. 20,000 hours.
Lighted Forceps and Scissors: Ergonomic
Break-Safe™ Ampoule Opener
EMS Introduces Break-Safe™ allowing you to safely open up to 3 ampoules at one time. Box style design allows one handed opening of up to 3 ampules at a time. Gently pressing down on the lid snaps ampule necks clean while keeping them contained within the device and away from fingers. After removing ampule contents, simply turn the device upside down over a trash receptacle to safely discard ampules and tops.
EMS Engraving Tool
Permanently be able to mark all of your important tools and samples. The Engraver comes with a Battery Pack and is operated on two "AA" Batteries.
EMS Specialty Counting Chambers
This range of quality counting chambers are available in a wide range of types for Haemocytometry, Parasitology, Cytology and other applications.
EMS Specialty Counting Chambers
Technovit® by Kulzer
Technovit is one of the most sort after named Methacrylate embedding medias in the world due to its diversity and availability of different kits and properties there is a media for each of your applications.
TEM Grid Holder on a Pin
This EMS new release allows for the holding of up to 4 grids. Made from Aluminum with a brass Screw this holder allows you to image and analyze specimens on TEM Grids in the SEM.
The EMS Coolstage for SEM, LV or VP
The Coolstage is a Peltier-driven SEM cooling stage for scanning electron microscopy (SEM), low vacuum (LV) or variable pressure (VP) applications. The stage can be cooled to sub-zero temperatures for specimens that may be sensitive at ambient temperature, subject to beam damage, or may otherwise 'sublime' (lose water) at ambient temperatures.
The EMS Coolstage for SEM, LV or VP
EMS 300 Large Chamber Sputter Coater
The EMS 300 series of large specimen sputter coaters for SEM preparation and thin film applications features a multiple sputtering head design that ensures even coating deposition over a single large specimen or multiple small specimens. The flexible system allows sputtering to be limited to a single source for more economical sputtering of smaller specimens.
EMS 300 Large Chamber Sputter Coater
MeX 3D Scanning Electron Microscope
MeX is a standalone software package that turns any SEM with digital imaging into a 3D surface measurement and surface metrology device. Using stereoscopic images the software automatically creates the 3D reconstruction from which the measurement of profile, area, volume and detailed 2D analysis are extracted. MeX can be operated with any SEM requiring only images in common formats.
MeX 3D Scanning Electron Microscope
New Cross Adsorbed Products
Cross reactivity can be a problem when working with primary antibodies sourced from animal species that are evolutionary closely related to the source of tissues or cells that antigens are to be detected in. Aurion has developed two series of new conjugates to address this problem.
Dumont Tweezers in High Precision, Fine and Electronic Grades
EMS has expanded it's offering of Dumont tweezers. These include Biology tweezers with very fine points are available in non-magnetic, anti-corrosive Dumoxel steel and Inox stainless steel, standard tips for use in high precision work including assembling under a microscope, and medical made from anti-magnetic stainless steel.
Dumont Tweezers in High Precision, Fine and Electronic Grades
High Performance Anti-vibration
Platforms and Workstations
Our state-of-the art anti-vibration workstations and platforms provide the user with a truly vibration free surface on which the user can place equipment. The platforms are available in in a wide range of sizes and shapes to support instruments of varying weights and footprints.
Computer Controlled Cell Deforming - Cell Stretcher
Cell Stretcher CS-10, a device for simultaneous live cell imaging with motion compensation for uni-axial mechanical straining or compression.
EMS Series of Rotary Pumped Modular Coating Systems
The EMS150R is an innovative and versatile Sputter Coater and Carbon Evaporator for SEM Applications. Depending upon the selected configuration, the EMS150R can be a top-of-the-range sputter coater for scanning electron microscopy (SEM), a carbon coater suitable for SEM (eg EDS and WDS), or both, in a single easy to use system.
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Compound and Stereo Microscopes
Electron Microscopy Sciences is proud to announce the introduction of the highest quality and best priced compound and stereo microscopes. The microscopes incorporate advanced technology into a durable, cost effective solution.
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Graphene: Emerging Technology
Graphene is a single atomic layer of carbon atoms tightly packed in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. This novel material is atomically thin, chemically inert, consists of light atoms, and possesses a highly ordered structure. Graphene is electrically and thermally conductive, and is the strongest material ever measured. These remarkable properties make graphene the ideal support film for electron microscopy.
INFINITY1-2C 2.0 Megapixel CMOS Camera
Electron Microscopy Sciences is pleased to introduce the INFINITY1-2C - the newest digital scientific color microscope camera from Lumenera. This compact 2.0 megapixel CMOS camera is specifically designed to be a high-quality, cost-effective solution for clinical, life science, material science and educational professionals. The INFINITY1-2d delivers outstanding image quality and excellent value, and is a perfect replacement for the INFINITY1-1. Learn more.
Vibrating Microtomes
The new EMS high precision vibrating microtomes are the finest slicers in the world for all specimen preparation. The EMS7000smz delivers perfect sections every time with sub-micron Z axis deflection across a wide range of vibration speeds and
amplitudes.The competitively priced EMS5000mz has a z-axis deflection of only 1-2
microns and a blade advance controllable to 10 microns/sec. On both units the section thickness
step size is 0.001mm and each vibrating microtome is supplied with its own z-axis calibration verifier.
All types of sectioning is possible including sectioning for visual patching of neurological tissue, heart, and
lung, and much more. For complete details, please see Vibrating Microtomes.
Lanthanum and Cerium Hexaboride (LaB6 and CeB6) Cathodes
Electron Microscopy Sciences has added Applied Physics lanthanum and cerium hexaboride cathodes for scanning and transmission electron microscopes to electron microscopy supplies product line. Hexaboride crystals provide stable electron-emitting media with low work function and yield higher currents at lower cathode temperatures than tungsten. This means greater brightness (or current at the beam focus) and longer cathode life. For complete details, please see Applied Physics LaB6 and CeB6 Cathodes.
Cryo Workstation for Electron Microscopy
The EMS-002 Cryo Workstation is a complete ultrarapid freezing system for microscopy. The rapid immersion freezer attains plunging speeds of approximately 100m per/sec allowing more efficient heat exchange and hence fast freezing that captures rapid events and labile structures that are not seen in chemically fixed material.
The EMS-002 now supports simple to use Freeze Substitution module (3 in the figure to the right) that is placed in the plunge freezer dewar (2). The freeze substitution controller will control the liquid nitrogen levels automatically as well as the substitution process itself. The user just has to monitor the systems progress during substitution and perform scheduled substitution media changes. For details, click here.
INFINITYX-32 Camera from Lumenera
The INFINITYX-32 pixel shifting camera is available at a fraction of the cost of competitive cameras. Designed for the clinical, life and material science fields, the camera is an extraordinary tool for professionals who require multi-megapixel resolution, sub-pixel detail, precise color accuracy, high sensitivity, 12-bit data, and low noise levels. Learn more.
SEM Analog to Digital Imaging
The SEM Digi-CAM is an inexpensive way to digitize your analog SEM images. Click for complete details.
Fujifilm Instant Film for SEMs
Not quite ready to convert to digital? Our second solution to the discontinuation of Polaroid film is instant film packs from Fuji. EMS is now offering Fujifilm FP-3000B black & white 3000 speed film and Fuji FP-100C instant color daylight film as direct replacements for Polaroid 667 and 669. Click for complete details
PathScan Enabler IV
PathScan Enabler is a low cost digital histology slide scanner for obtaining ultra high resolution images from a glass tissue slide in about a minute without a microscope.
For more information, please see the PathScan Enabler IV.
ProScope HR™ Handheld Digital Microscope
With the press of a button, the ProScope HR™ Handheld Digital Microscope captures an image and stores it in the location of your choosing. A high-quality 1.3 Megapixel CCD and interchangeable lenses make the ProScopeHR™ very versitile and a powerful asset to any classroom or lab.
For more information, please see the The Proscope HR™ Digital Handheld Microscope.
BioMeda™Substitutes
Fluoro-Gel - a direct substitute for BioMeda™ Gel-Mount
Clear-Mount - a direct substitute for BioMeda™ Crystal Mount
In-Situ Mount - a direct substitute for BioMeda™ Situ Mount
Limonene-Mount - a direct substitute for BioMeda™ Clarion Mount
*The names BioMeda™ Gel Mount, Crystal Mount, Situ Mount, Clarion mount are all owned by BioMeda Corporation
LYNX
II Automated Tissue Processor for Histology and Microscopy
An Automated Tissue Processor that can do it ALL with ease.
EMS is proud to announce the release of the most unique state-of-the-art tissue processor, the LYNX II. It is compatible with all plastic resins and paraffin waxes as well.
LYNX II is designed to be the successor of the Lynx Tissue Processor with several enhancements including capabilities to perform optional processing of larger size samples for Histology.
For more information visit the LYNX II Automated Tissue Processor for Histology and Microscopy page.
Expanded
Line of C-flat Holey Carbon Grids
The breadth of applications in Cryo TEM necessitate a wide range of holey carbon film patterns. And now, with the expansion of the product line, a C-flat holey carbon film is available for almost any application. Whether 600nm holes are needed for very high magnifications with ultra-high resolution cameras or large open areas are needed for larger specimens, C-flat™ is the perfect holey carbon grid.
To learn more about C-flat™ Holey Carbon Grids , click here.
DuraSiN™ Films
The DuraSiN™ Film product family, offered by EMS, provides durable, low scatter substrates for quantitative TEM and X-ray analysis at affordable prices. DuraSiN™ Film substrates are fabricated from high quality, low-stress silicon nitride and supported on a rigid silicon substrate. DuraSiN™ Film and Mesh products can withstand harsh chemical and temperature environments.
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WETSEM® Capsules
for Hydrated SEM Samples
Wet sample imaging and EDS (energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy) in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) is now possible with the QuantomiX QX line of capsules. Based on its proprietary WETSEM® technology, the capsules allow imaging and analysis of fully hydrated samples such as cells, tissue biopsies, food, nanoparticles and ink, in their native environment.