Session Chair: M. Kersker, JEOL USA, Inc.

Platform Session

Tuesday 8:00 AM Room:

8:00 AM "New Concept in Helium-Cooled Transmission Microscopes: Philips Tecnai F30 Helium: Design and First Results"; U Lucken, R Wagner, AF de Jong, W Hax, FEI Electron Optics

8:30 AM "TEM: The Next Big Thing"; M Kersker, M Kawasaki, B Armbruster, JEOL USA, Inc.

9:00 AM "New Automated Analytical Capabilities for TEM Operations"; D Dingley, P Mainwaring, J Sandborg, M Tiner, S Wright, TexSEM Laboratories/EDAX

9:30 AM "A Single Platform Concept for the Operation of Analytical Equipment"; N Rowlands, Oxford Instruments America, K Bagnall, Oxford Instruments Analytical Ltd.

10:00 AM "New Technologies for Microanalysis and Element Imaging in the Scanning Electron Microscope"; J Gannon, P Smith, Rontec USA, Inc., F Eggert, Rontec GmbH, Germany

10:30 AM Break

11:00 AM "Complete Identification Using Spectral Imaging, Compass, and Phase ID"; P Camus, A Dow, D. Rohde, TermoNORAN

11:30 AM "SEM-EDS Integration: The Future of Microanalysis"; K Witherspoon, IXRF

Symposium: Corporate/Vendor's Symposium: New Products, New Methods, New Applications

Session Chair: M Kersker, JEOL USA, Inc.

Platform Session

Wednesday 8:00 AM Room

8:00 AM "Development of Multi-Purpose Thermal Field Emission SEM"; M Mita, T Nokuo, T Yanagihara, K Ogura, M Iwatsuki, JEOL Ltd, C Nielsen, JEOL USA, Inc.

8:30 AM "Hitachi S-4700 E x B Filter Design and Application"; S Joens, Hitachi Scientific Instruments

8:45 AM "Development of a Field Emission VP-SEM and Some Initial Applications"; M Nishimura, S Itoh, Hitachi Science Systems LTD, S Joens, Nissei Sangyo America LTD

9:00 AM "Chromatic Aberration Correction of a Low-Voltage SEM Using a Wien Filter: Adjusting the Correction Strength"; T Steffen, Philips Research, PC Tiemeijer, FEI Company, MPCM Krijn, SAM Mentink, Philips Research

9:30 AM "A New High Resolution Field Emission SEM with Variable Pressure Capabilities"; P Gnauck, V Drexel, J Greiser, LEO Elektronenmikroskopie, GmbH

10:00 AM Break

10:30 AM "Evactron TM Cleaning of SEM Specimens using an In-Situ RF Plasma on the SEM Chamber"; R Vane, XEI Scientific, G Strossman, Charles Evans and Associates

10:45 AM "XPS Evaluation of Samples Surface Cleaned by the XEI Evactron"; SD Walck, B Strohmeier, E Goralski, PPG Industries Inc, R Vane, XEI Scientific

11:00 AM "NanoSIMS 50: Recent Results and Instrumental Development in Sub-Micron Isotopic and Elemental Analysis"; F Horreard, F Hillion, C Fournier, Cameca

11:30 AM "Hot, Cold, Wet: The Real World of SPM"; C Mooney, JEOL USA, Inc

11:45AM "What's New From Digital Instruments"; M Heaton, Digital Instruments/VEECO

Symposium: Corporate Symposium: New Products, New Methods, New Applications

Session Chairman: M Kersker, JEOL USA, Inc

Platform Session

Wednesday 1:00 PM Room

1:00 PM "Image to Internet: Digital Imaging in the Internet Age"; M Bode, SIS

1:30 PM " Advances in Imaging for TEM Systems: Is This the End of the Road for Film?"; J Hunt, P Mooney, M Pan, GATAN Inc.

2:00 PM " Challenges in Design for Lens Coupled CCD Cameras for TEM"; J Mancuso, AMT

2:30 PM "Cameras and TEMs: How We Work Together"; H Tietz, TVIPS, GmbH

Posters are located in the corresponding poster areas (Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences and Advances in Instrumentation and Techniques) on the Exhibit Floor. Authors will be present during Tuesday’s poster session from 1-3PM.

LB1: Binding of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 to Collagen Type I: An Atomic Force Microscopy Investigation; G. Agarwal, Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, C. Radziejewski, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, S. Samuelsson, Proctor and Gamble Pharmaceuticals

LB2: The Effect of Pyridoxal on Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Expression in Peripheral Nerves of Experimental Diabetic Rats; S. Yilmazer, F. Kaya, M. Tuncdemir, M. Ozturk, H. Hatemi, University of Istanbul

LB3: The Effect of Growth Hormone on Osseointegration of Titanium Alloy Implants in Rat Femur; Y. Segev, G. Sovak, A. Weiss, I. Gotman, E. Gotmanas, Technion — Haifa, Israel

LB4: Quantitation of Morphological Elements in Liver Tissue Sections for Histopathology Using Digital Image Analysis; M. DiSilvestro, M. Stamaglia, TissueInformatics, Inc., D Morfitt, R Ulrich, Abbot Laboratories

LB5: Cryo-EM Imaging of Vaults and Vault-Like Particles; M. Makabi, Y. Mikyas, L. Rome, P. Stewart, UCLA

LB6: Ultrastructural Changes in the Chloroplast Containing Cells of the Sea Slug Elysia chlorotica, at the End of Its Life Cycle; W. Mondy, S. Pierce, University of South Florida

LB7: Ultrastructure in Zosterograptus sp. (Ciliophora, Nassophora); A. Brothers, Biovail Technologies, B. Hill, G. Chapman, Georgetown University

LB8: The Effect of EDTA on Phosphorus Release from Polyphosphate Bodies in Plectonema boryanum and Synechococcus leopoliensis; JH Brown, T Jensen, M Baxter, Lehman College

LB9: Ultrastructural Changes Seen in Nicitiana tabacum Infected with Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV); K Gonzales, J Malhi, J Borland, Austin Academy for Excellence Middle School, Garland, TX, D. Muirhead, Rexas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX

LB10: Development and Application of a 200kV FESTEM Electron Beam Induced Current (EBIC) System; P. Russell, K. Bunker, J. Gonzalez, North Carolina State University, T. Stark, Material Analytical Services

LB11: Optical Phase Microscopy: Quantitative Imaging and Conventional Visualization Analogs; B. Allman, M. von Bibra, Iatia Imaging Pty Ltd. Australia, E. Barone-Nugent, University of Melbourne, A. Gaeth, Iatia Imaging Pty Ltd. Australia, K. Nugent, L. Delbridge, University of Melbourne

LB12: Analysis of Ferroelectric RAM Device by Transmission Electron Microscopy: Its Tasks and Analytical Difficulties; H. Baik, G. Park, S. Song, J. Lee, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Suwon, Korea, R. Sinclair, Stanford University

LB13: Failure and Structure Analysis of Optical Recording Media by Microscopy; I. Song, Y. Park, H. Baik, S. Song, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Suwon, Korea, E. Kim, Samsung Electronics Corp., Kyungki-Do, Korea

LB14: Microstructure of Carbon-Coated Supermagnetic Co Nanoparticles; X. Sun, Instituto Mexican del Petroleo, Mexico, J. Reyes-Gasga, National University of Mexico, X. Dong, Shenyang Polytechnic University, PR China, J. Toledo, Instituto Mexican del Petroleo, Mexico

LB15: Nanoscopic Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals; D. Tomlin, Technical Management Concepts, Inc., L. Natarajan, B. Tondiglia, R. Sutherland, Science Applications International Corp., T. Bunning, Airforce Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB

LB16: Biomimetic Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles; S. Stinger, R. Naik, S. Jones, D. Tomlin, Technical Management Concepts, Inc., M. Stone, Airforce Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB

LB17: Fabrication and Detection Method for Attachment of CNTs to Nanoprobes; T. Hopson, R. Legge, R. Zhang, J. Lewenstein, L. Nagahara, R. Tsui, Motorola Labs, Tempe, AZ

LB18: Grooving and Grain Boundary Motion in Al₂O₃; N. Munoz, R. Shankar, S. Gillis, C. Barry Carter, University of Minnesota

LB19: Cross-sectional TEM analysis of thin iron films deposited on quartz substrate and sintered at 700 K in nitrogen atmosphere; Enrico G. Keim ¹ , University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Wojciech Lisowski ² , Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland