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NEW K-kit for Liquid TEM

Liquid TEM for Everyone

K-kit with TEM Holder

The K-kit is a single-use sealable carrier with a microchannel inside. It is made by ultraprecise MEMS micromachining from silicon, with a silicon nitride window. It fits inside a standard TEM grid and thus into all commonly used TEM holders.

 

The K-kit advantage:

  • Affordable and easy-to-use
  • No installation hassle
  • Image nano-objects in native state, no drying artifacts
  • Sealable carrier takes liquid sample directly to TEM
  • Fits all common TEM holders
  • Can preserve the sample for future re-examination

 

Now you don’t need to invest tens and hundreds of thousands to see your liquid or wet TEM samples in their native state. If you have access to a TEM, you can do liquid TEM. 

 
 
Fill, Seal and Observe
K-kit step by step use
The K-kit is easy. Just touch the carrier to a drop
of your liquid sample to have it drawn inside
by capillary force.		 Seal ends with vacuum-proof Torr Seal® glue. Mount inside a standard grid for TEM.
     
     


Specifications

Window:

Si3N4 thickness: 100nm
Width: 24µm
Length: 300µm

Channel:

Width: 120µm
Channel heights available: 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5µm

Materials:

Substrate: Si wafer
Channel walls: Si3N4
Wafer bonding: SiO2

 K-kit Specifications


Nanomaterials Characterization Using the K-kit
 
K-kit Difference - Conventional Preparation K-kit Difference
See the difference: NIST-traceable polystyrene beads in water are aggregated upon drying by conventional TEM preparation (left) but maintain their native state in K-kit carrier (right). Scale bar, 500nm.
   
K-kit Difference Milk K-kit Difference - Sunscreen
CaCO3 nanoparticle additives in milk TiO2 and ZnO in sunscreen lotion
   
K-kit Difference Polishing Slurry K-kit Difference - Blood
SiO2 nanoparticles in polishing slurry Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in blood



Tools for Easy Loading and Mounting
K-kit container for loading and mounting
The K-kit container is designed to facilitate K-kit loading and mounting.
 
 
We offer the K-kit as a complete toolbox, set in a deluxe carrying case. The tools, together with the carrier container, are designed to make loading and mounting of the K-kit carrier easy even for an inexperienced user. The toolbox also includes a starter supply of the consumables, everything to get you started doing liquid TEM.

 

K-kit holder and loading stand k-kit stand and needle pen
K-kit Holder
& Loading Stand 		Gluing Stand
& Needle Pen

 

   
   
K-kit toolbox k-kit packaging
(120-1) (120-4) (120-6) K-kit in its sealed container
 
 
Ordering Information

Prod # Description Unit Price Order / Quote
120-1 K-kit Complete Toolbox Set, includes a pack of 4 carriers, 0.2µm each $945.00
Qty:
Included in the Box: 1 Sample Loading Stand, 1 Holder, 1 Needle Pen, 1 Gluing Stand, 1 pack of 6 glass slides, 1 Accessory Box (contains sealing and mounting glues, stirring sticks, and miscellaneous spare parts for the tools), and 1 4-pack of single-use 0.2µm K-kit carriers.

K-kit Carriers to Reorder

Prod # Description Unit Price Order / Quote
120-4 K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.2µm, pack of 4 pkg/4 $435.00
Qty:
120-6 K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.2µm, pack of 6 pkg/6 649.00
Qty:
120-41 K-kit Carrier, channel height 2µm, pack of 4 pkg/4 435.00
Qty:
120-61 K-kit Carrier, channel height 2µm, pack of 6 pkg/6 649.00
Qty: