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K-analys now markets TTM instruments (Nov 2010)
TTM, Transition Temperature Microscopy is performed by repeated nano-TA measurements over the surface to generate a raster image. TTM is availible as an add on to several conventional AFMs.

Basic principle of nano-TA and TTM:
Through thermal conduction the probe tip transfers heat to the sample while the temperature and tip deflection is monitored.

As the temperature rises the thermal expansion of the sample increases the deflection of the probe tip.

When the transition temperature is reached the surface softens and the deflection of the probe is relaxed.

New employee at the Main office (November 2010)
Our Main office in Uppsala, Sweden is growing fast and a new Manager has been hired. Christian Helldahl, the son of President Lars Hälldahl has started working as Sales Manager. Christian has a background in Biomedicine and will strengthen our knowledge in this field.

New employee at the Main office (October 2010)
We have the privilege to welcome a new employee at our main office in Uppsala, Sweden. Magnus Ström will be working as Special Projects Manager and handle one product development project and the new Localized Thermal Analysis products. Magnus has a background in Material physics.

Upgraded demolab Raman System (October 2011)
K-analys has upgraded their demo lab Raman equipment with the functionality "High resolution streamline" a fast Raman mapping technique that can give a better spatial resolution than regular Streamline. If used on a new system the spatial resolution will be as good as 0.25 microns.

New K-analys representative for India (March 2011)
To meet the fast growing market in India K-analys has hired Ajay Kumar Chandel as our new Sales Manager. He will handle Sales and marketing in India and be our main customer contact. Ajay Kumar Chandel has an educational background in Biological and Life Science and Pharmacy and good experience in sales, marketing and management and we are confident that he will be a good addition to our team. He will be based in New Delhi at the office of the Swedish Trade Council.

New Linkam equipment at K-analys (february 2011)
Our analysis and demo laboratory has now been equipped with a Linkam Hotstage. The model is called THMS600 and can heat a sample to 600C and cool it to -196C. The cell gives optical access to the sample and can therefore be combined with Raman spectroscopy or regular microscopy investigations. In addition to giving us increased measurement flexibility, this hotstage will be used for demos and help us to give better support to our Linkam customers.

K-analys celebrate 20 years in business with seminar (January 2011)
On the 26th and 27th of January K-analys arranged a seminar with the title "Modern Raman Techniques". Fourty two people from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and England attended the seminar. Nine speakers held presentations on different research fields where Raman Spectroscopy is used including, cell biology, plant science, SERS and SEROA, carbon nanostructures, solar cells and art and history. This link leads to a page with the speakers names and the titles of the presentations. In the evening there was a dinner at Östgöta Nation during which the guitarist Mats Bergström and an octet from the famous choir Orphei Drängar performed. On the workshop the following day, AFM-Raman in combination was shown at K-analys own lab. Other demo experiments were Streamline imaging Raman, depth profiling with Raman, software data processing and AFM in a liquid cell. The seminar was much appreciates among the attendees.

New employee at the China office (December 2010)
Our Chinese company is growing fast. Our latest addition to the staff is Betsy Zhu who will mainly be working with administration.

New company status (November 2010)
The K-analys representative office in Shanghai has now been transformed into a trading company. The name of the company will be K-analysis Instrument Trading (Shanghai). The change is done to make it easier for our customer to place small orders, thus increasing the service level.

New employee at the China office (November 2010)
We have the privilege to welcome a new employee at our office in Shanghai. Yanlin Xu will be working as a service engineer and handle installations, service, and technical support in China.

Lars Hälldahl K-analys publish article (2010)
In the 35:th edition of Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, dr Lars Hälldahl from K-analys published his research about the 17:th century pharmacy Morianen. During his research dr Hälldahl discovered that the chemist Christian Heræus was able to produce small quantities of elemental silicon in his primitive laboratory 150 years before Berzelius discovered silicon. Use this link to read the full article.

Additions to the AFM-setup at K-analys (June 2010)
A liquid cell has been added to the AFM instrument at K-analys. The cell had been developed by Nanonics to enable measurements in wet conditions, a property that is crucial for instance in the study of living cells. Also a new laser and fiber optics has been aquired. With these we are able to deliver the laser light through the AFM tip, which will give even better spatial resolution when doing AFM-Raman measurements.

New XRF instruments at K-analys (June 2010)
Two new instruments have been added to the analysis lab at K-analys. They are Energy Dispersive X-ray flourecence instruments from Skyray. The smaller one, an EDX 600 is to be used for precious metal analysis while the more advanced EDX 3600B is a vacuum system that can analys a large range of elements, from Sodium to Bismut.

We intend to use this instruments for demonstrations to customers and to analyze customer samples.

New AFM instrument at K-analys (december 2009)
We can now present the latest addition to our analysis and demo laboratory. An AFM instrument (Atomic Force Measurement) from Nanonics Imaging. We can measure surface topography with accuracy of a few Ångsröm. The model MV2000 has been chosen because that it is very well suited for combined measurements with AFM and Raman spectroscopy. We have connected it to the Invia Raman from Renishaw.

The AFM instrument is under a separate microscope and is connected to the Raman spectrometer by a closed light path. To minimize the vibrations the AFM has been placed on a vibration damping support on top of an optical table.

Below are some measurement results that we have already obtained with the instrument.

We intend to use this instrument to demonstrate to customers and to analyze customer samples. If you are interested in seeing the instrument or have some samples that you want us to run. Do not hesitate to contact us.

New Sales Executive (october 2009)
We have the pleasure to announce that Eric Zhang has accepted the position as sales executive at our Shanghai office. Eric has an MSc degree in Nanomaterial and Nanotechnology from the royal institute of technology here in Sweden and also a BSc in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering. He previously worked at Amsino Medical Device & Equipment as a project manager. We think that Eric will strengthen our Shanghai team.

K-analys offers X-ray Fluorescence instruments
K-analys has started a cooperation with Skyray instrument and can now supply their range of X-ray fluorescence instruments to the Nordic market.

K-analys Raman and AFM seminar, a success (May 2009)
On 5/5-2009 K-analys hosted a seminar with the title was Raman and AFM-chemical analysis from small areas, in Uppsala. Over thirty people from companies, universities and cultural institutions in Sweden and Denmark attended. In the morning session two demonstrations were held. First it was shown how combining Raman and AFM could give surface texture on a nanometric scale together with overlaid chemical information from Raman. The second demonstration showed Renishaw Streamline imaging: a very fast way of obtaining Raman data from large areas. Invited speakers also gave presentations on how they use Raman and other analytic techniques in their research projects and daily work. The slides from two of the presentations available here: Raman microscopy as a multifunctional analysis tool by Allan Paulsen from DTI and Raman spectroscopy and its application in fullerene and carbon nanotube research by Thomas Wågberg from Umeå University. The afternoon session was held at Museum Gustavianum and the presentations had the emphasis on history and archaeology, areas that are not commonly associated with chemical analysis but where these techniques are very useful. The seminar was very appreciated by the participants and we hope to be able to arrange another one in the future. 

Hot Disk an ISO Standard (Nov 2008)
The Hot disk method (transient plane source method) for measuring thermal transport properties has  been approved as an ISO-standard for polymers (November 2008). The decision was taken after a six years long evaluation process. The standard is now in the process of being published. For an abstract of the standard click on the following link (ISO website)

K-analys work closely together with Hot disk and also make consultancy measurements using a TPS 2500 the most advanced instrument in the range.

K-analys offers all Linkam Products
Now we are proud to be able to offer the entire range of products from Linkam Scientific! Previously K-analys has only offered Linkam Hot stages but Linkam manufacture many products for different scientific applications including a Catalysis system, a Freeze drying system, a Cryobiology system, Peltier stages, warm stages and a tensile strength tester.

For information about Linkam hotstages click on this link

For information about other Linkam products click on this link

New Sales Executive. (Jun 2008)
In June 2008 Gavin Li started working as a Sales executive at K-analys Shanghai branch. Gavin has a Master of Science degree. Gavin will strengthen our team in the fast expanding Chinese market.

New Service manager. (Oct 2007)
In October 2007 Jakob Thyr started as the new service manager at K-analys. Jakob has a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering degree from Uppsala university and has previously been working in the pharmaceutical business. Jakob will be responsible for service and support and will be replacing Johan Lindgren who is now working in a micro mechanics company.

Spectroscopy days at K-analys AB in February 2007!      
During one week in February we will have on loan an IdentifyIR instrument from Smiths Detection. This instrument together with our own instruments, the FTIR IlluminatIR and an InVia Raman, will give you a unique possibility to try all these spectroscopy techniques at once.
The IdentifyIR is a light-weight portable FTIR spectrometer working with the ATR principle, and equipped with new brilliant software that makes FTIR analyses faster and more accurate then ever before.
The IlluminatIR uses both ARO and ATR principles, but also the same software for quick library search and identification. The InVia Raman complements the two FTIR instruments and is equipped with two lasers, 514 nm and 785 nm.
Take a chance to try your samples while you have all three at hand. Bring your tricky samples and see what can be achieved.
Call us in Uppsala to book a visit, or to send your samples to us. What suits you best?

K-analys Newsletter 2 - Combine your Raman with FT-IR, AFM
and NSOM       (Mar 2006)
In this news letter we inform about how you can extract that extra information from your samples by combining Raman, FT-IR, NSOM (NearField Scanning Optical Microscopy) and AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy). We also have an interesting Raman application presented by conservator Cecilia Rönnerstam, National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Read more...

Seminar tour in nano technology.          (Mar 2006)
In March K-analys AB together with Nanonics Imaging Ltd, Smiths Detection, Renishaw plc Finnish Chemical Society and the Nanoscience Center of Jyväskylä held nano technology seminars in Göteborg, Linköping, Uppsala and Jyväskylä. Introducing the latest development in the nano technology field and showing how Raman, NSOM and IR can be used as nano tools.

Raman spectroscopy on pigments from 17th century portrait miniatures          (Mar 2006)
In 1680 court miniaturist Elias Brenner created a document on pigments recommended for miniature painting, containing actual samples of each pigment. As part of a research project by conservator Cecilia Rönnerstam at National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm, these pigments are currently being analysed at K-Analys AB using Raman spectroscopy.
Read more...

K-analys Newsletter 1 - Efficient ways of analysing chemicals
and performing cleaning validation tests       (Dec 2005)
Our first newsletter!! A presentation of instruments that will save you
both time and money, regardless if you work in research or
manufacturing. Read more...

IMS and IR spectroscopy cleaning validation       (Oct 2005)
Ion Mobility Spectroscopy (IMS) and IR spectroscopy are two techniques for cleaning validation which are getting more and more accepted as reported by the "Spectroscopy" magazine. Read more...

Seminar on Reaction Calorimetry       (Oct 2005)
The 26th of October 2005 K-Analys AB had the pleasure to demonstrate
the micro Reaction Calorimeter from THT, UK. The seminar was hosted by
Lundbeck AS, Copenhagen, and held in their premises. Phil O`Kane from
Thermal Hazards Technology, UK informed about Micro Reaction
Calorimetry and its applications and held practical demonstrations.

K-analys AB analyses unique document!       (Ongoing project)
The 17th century artist Elias Brenner compiled a unique document in
which he left samples of 30 different pigments. K-analys AB together with
researcher Cecilia Rönnerstam from Swedish National Museum of Fine
Arts has placed the pigments under a Raman microscope! Read more...

Seminar on combined Raman-SPM technologies       (March 2005)
K-analys AB, together with Nanonics and Renishaw, arranged a seminar
on the subject Raman/SPM the 9-10th of March 2005. The combination of
Raman spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy gives you chemical
composition information on nanometer scale!

Raman and Near Field Scanning Optical Microscope - a powerful combination       (Feb 2004)
In February 2004 K-analys AB together with Nanonics organised a
seminar about Raman and NSOM. The seminar was held at K-analys
facilities in Uppsala, Sweden. Dr Lars Hälldahl (K-analys) presented the
Raman and the In Via instrument. Dr David Lewis (Nanonics)came from
Israel to present the SPM , especially the NSOM instrument, and its
integration to Raman. After the presentations there were practical
demonstrations and samples running. Around 20 persons from
universities and research laboratories all over Scandinavia showed up
and made the seminar a real success!