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Professor Eric Lifshin and Michael Hatzistergos review Hatzistergos' work with the electron
microprobe. His research will help improve and streamline chemical analysis of material.
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Michael Hatzistergos, a Ph.D. candidate at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany, has been honored with a Distinguished Scholar Award for a paper submitted to the Microscopy Society of America and the Microbeam Analysis Society.
Hatzistergos and Dr. Eric Lifshin, professor of nanoscience, submitted the paper for the national Microscopy and Microanalysis 2006 Conference. The paper, "New Measurements of Deconvoluted EDS Spectra of Elemental Standards as a Function of Atomic Number and Electron Beam Energy," addresses Hatzistergos' work with the electron microprobe to improve and streamline chemical analysis of material.
The Distinguished Scholar Award is based on the quality of the work submitted. Hatzistergos will present the paper, which describes a portion of the work to be included in his dissertation, at the conference. The award includes a travel and lodging stipend and formal recognition at the meeting.
"Michael's work on converting spectra into chemical analysis will help streamline and simplify the analysis process for films, small particles and other materials," said Lifshin. "It reduces the amount of needed measurements against standards, and predicts what the spectra should look like against those standards."
Lifshin notes that this work with the electron microprobe is valuable for several reasons. "It improves the quality and speed of compositional analysis, and improves the ways to theoretically model measurement standards. This work will prove useful to many in this field. And, it has diverse applications, including microelectronics, high temperature superconductors, semiconductors and laser materials."
Microscopy and Microanalysis 2006, which serves as the annual meeting of the Microscopy Society of America and the Microbeam Analysis Society, takes place in Chicago this August. The conference features instrumentation and applications development, as well as sessions illustrating the practical uses of these developments in the biological and physical sciences.
The conference will be the premier meeting of the year for scientists and technologists interested in learning about the latest advances in applications and techniques for the analysis of a broad range of materials in the biological and physical sciences, as well as nanotechnology and biotechnology. It will host the largest commercial exhibition of microscopy and microanalysis instrumentation and related accessories in the world, providing a unique opportunity for hands-on learning.
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