How to Buy Microscopy Equipment

If you are looking to invest in a microscope, this essential guide provides you with all the information you need to make the right purchasing decisions. Learn about key factors and application considerations for your imaging needs. Plus, read reviews from your peers to help you buy with confidence.

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Choose the best microscopy equipment for your laboratory

In this 8th edition eBook, we present a guide to all the key considerations to help you find the best microscopy equipment to meet your lab’s imaging needs. As well as being used across most life science disciplines, microscopy is now a firmly established analysis tool in materials science where technological advances have made it easier for researchers to study, image and characterize materials than ever before.

Microscopy technologies and applications are diverse and progressive. This guide provides an overview of the current techniques involved in materials microscopy, key features and important questions to ask yourself before making a purchase.

Download this free SelectScience how-to-buy eBook to find out more about:

The materials revolution in an interdisciplinary world
Sample diversity exemplified
Light microscopy
Electron microscopy
Correlative light and electron microscopy

Editor's Picks

Carrie Haslam
Editorial

ZEISS GeminiSEM for Materials (ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions)

4 out of 5

“The GeminiSEM300 is a powerful SEM microscope. You can characterize a broad range of samples (from wet samples ie tissue, hydrogels... to materials) t...”
Remy Agniel, Universite De Cergy Pontoise

4 out of 5

“Simple but very smart instrument. Can't go on without it. We have been using NanoSight LM10 for years to quantify extracellular vesicles. It has been ...”
Mei Yieng Chin, Vancouver Prostate Centre

4 out of 5

“Can't do work without this! It is phenomenal. Very easy to use and excellent SEM images for the price.”
Rob Marmion, Rutgers University

5 out of 5

“A great and reliable tool for high quality results! The IncuCyte allows high-throughput live cell analysis inside the incubator, essential for reliabl...”
Diana Mihaela Dinca, Imagine Institute

4 out of 5

“The results were reliable and reproducible. I would definitely recommend it.”
Melvin Rouse, UC San Diego

5 out of 5

“Extremely sensitive. Very well resolved images. Fast and reliable. User friendly software. ”
António Temudo, IMM - Instituto de Medicina Molecular

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