http://www.materialstoday.com/ Copyright Elsevier Ltd Intuitiv Ltd (www.intuitiv.net) 2010-03-13T06:03Z http://www.materialstoday.com/ http://www.materialstoday.com/_common/img/template/materials-today/site-logo.gif http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/48/open-up-a-new-world-of-analysis Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS) has long been admired for its ability to quickly and accurately characterise a large and diverse range of materials. The recent introduction of silicon drift detectors (SDDs) has revolutionised EDS analysis on scanning electron microscopes (SEMs). Collection times have been reduced and spectrum imaging is much more practical, but productivity is often limited by small sensor sizes (<30mm²). 2009-06-05 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/48/open-up-a-new-world-of-analysis http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/47/confocal-microscopy-in-a-new-light This educational webinar headed by Dr Andrew Dixon, one of the pioneers of the confocal microscope will introduce you to the principle and history of the technique, giving examples and typical applications in materials science. You will learn about the advantages this powerful tool has to offer, as well as the unique opportunity of asking our expert panel questions relevant to your current research needs. 2009-06-05 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/47/confocal-microscopy-in-a-new-light http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/61/microstructural-analysis-by-ebsd Over the past 20 years the SEM (scanning electron microscope) based EBSD (electron back-scattered diffraction) technique has developed into an essential materials characterisation tool for both R&D and industry. 2009-08-03 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/61/microstructural-analysis-by-ebsd http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/93/from-molecules-to-monolayers-selfassembly-and-analysis-molecule-by-molecule Self-assembly has been likened to taking a jigsaw puzzle box, shaking it and when you open the box you find the jigsaw puzzle correctly made! As research in this field develops, we are continually finding more and more naturally occurring self-assembly systems in the complex world around us. 2009-10-29 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/93/from-molecules-to-monolayers-selfassembly-and-analysis-molecule-by-molecule http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/87/in-situ-nanomechanical-testing-techniques Next generation materials research is highly dependent on the development and application of innovative nanomechanical testing techniques. 2009-10-18 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/87/in-situ-nanomechanical-testing-techniques http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/101/novel-techniques-for-insitu-nanomechanical-testing-in-the-electron-microscope The combination of traditional nanomechanical test instruments with complementary techniques has generated innovative ways to characterize nanoscale materials. 2009-11-24 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/101/novel-techniques-for-insitu-nanomechanical-testing-in-the-electron-microscope http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/118/introduction-to-raman-spectroscopy-as-a-characterization-tool-for-graphene-and-carbon-nanostructures Raman spectroscopy is a laser light scattering technique, if you like a form of vibrational spectroscopy that records vibrations of covalent bonds and provides detailed molecular information, ideal in the elucidation of carbon nanomaterials. 2010-02-08 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/118/introduction-to-raman-spectroscopy-as-a-characterization-tool-for-graphene-and-carbon-nanostructures http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/103/nanoscale-biomaterials-deposition-learning-to-speak-the-language-of-biology We invite you to join a web based discussion on new methods for patterning biological systems onto a variety of surfaces at nano- and micro-scale resolution. 2009-11-26 http://www.materialstoday.com/webinar/103/nanoscale-biomaterials-deposition-learning-to-speak-the-language-of-biology