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CIQTEK Appoints SciMed as the UK and Ireland distributor for the range of EPR (ESR) Spectrometers. CIQTEK is pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership with SciMed to appoint them as the new UK distributor for the range of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR or ESR) Spectrometers. Since its founding in 1979, Scientific & Medical Products (SciMed) has been a highly successful distributor of laboratory and process equipment. SciMed exclusively represents a number of leading manufacturers in the UK and Ireland and has recently been appointed the distributor for several companies in France and other selected regions around Europe.The focus of SciMed is on the promotion, sales, service and support of innovative and world-class products to customers in industry and academia.SciMed will offer UK based sales and service support for this range of products and work closely with the CIQTEK team to offer the usual outstanding support to UK users.Check the CIQTEK EPR (ESR) Spectrometers on SciMed website: https://www.scimed.co.uk/product-category/electron-paramagnetic-resonance/

Images are ubiquitous in our lives and are a fundamental and indispensable medium for the dissemination of information. Imaging is a direct means of acquiring images and can be classified according to the different imaging wavelengths as visible, radar, infrared, and terahertz imaging. With the further development of information technology, new demands are being placed on spatial resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, multispectral imaging performance, and the imaging environment.  Single-pixel Imaging Technology   With the increase in computer arithmetic power and the development of compressed perception theory, scientists have proposed a single-pixel imaging technique based on a computational imaging approach. This is a new imaging method that uses a single-pixel detector without spatial resolution and a spatial light modulator to obtain images by reconstruction. Compared with the traditional array detector imaging method, single-pixel imaging has the advantages of high sensitivity and interference resistance and has obvious advantages in the fields of very weak light imaging, non-local imaging, special band detection without large surface array detectors, etc. It has very broad application prospects in many fields such as nuclear magnetic resonance, aerospace remote sensing, and terahertz imaging.   Advantages of Single-pixel Imaging  Image Credits: High throughput dual-wavelength temperature distribution imaging via compressive imaging.Opt. Comm. 410, 287-291 (2018)   Single Pixel Photon Imaging Teaching Instrument   Although computational imaging, represented by single-pixel photon imaging, is promising, there is still a lack of experimental teaching content at the undergraduate level. In order to improve the relevant curriculum and help students develop their scientific research skills, CIQTEK, in collaboration with Professor Qing Zhao's team from the Technology Research Centre of Beijing University of Technology, has created a single-pixel photon imaging teaching instrument.   The product is a teaching instrument based on the theory of compressed perception and photon counting imaging technology, using digital micromirror devices to accomplish rapid imaging of random spatial light-modulated target objects. The product takes advantage of the sparse signal characteristics of the compressed sensing technique to go beyond the traditional Shannon sampling theorem and can restore images with high spatial resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio in very low light conditions with fewer measurements.   CIQTEK Launched Single Pixel Photon Imaging Teaching Instrument   The single-pixel photon imaging teaching instrument has a wealth of hardware modules to support students' hands-on adjustment and construction, facilitating students' understanding of spatial light modulation techniques and equipment usage, understanding the principle of compressed perception and imaging methods, and knowing the characteri...

Recently, the General Office of the General Administration of Market Supervision and Administration of China issued the "Notice of the First Batch of National Innovation Bases of Metrology and Science Popularization Resources", officially granting CIQTEK the national qualification of Science Education Innovation Base.      CIQTEK New Metrology Science Museum (Rendering)   In the past six years since its establishment, CIQTEK has not only achieved a series of internationally influential scientific research results in the fields of precision measurement and computing but also set up a science division specializing in measurement and science education.   The CIQTEK Science Education Base covers an area of over 1,500 square meters, with the measurement and science laboratory, an exhibition hall, and a lecture hall, with more than a thousand exhibits, teaching aids, audio and video, animations, and other forms of atomic force microscopes, laser distance measuring instruments, etc.   Up to now, CIQTEK Science Education Base has held a series of colorful science activities such as the "Precision Measurement Instruments Exhibition", "Infinite Possibilities Technology Science" and "Science Seminar for Primary School Students", and the total number of visitors has reached 15,000.     Science education activities organized by CIQTEK In order to better promote metrology culture and science education activities, CIQTEK is preparing to build a new 3,000-square-metre science base featuring metrology, which is expected to be put into operation in September 2023. The new base integrates metrology, science education, science, and technology experience, science and innovation education, scientific investigation, scientific experiments, and online-offline linkage, and is an important place for young people and the public to receive metrology culture, metrology science popularization and science and innovation education practice.   CIQTEK New Metrology Science Museum (Rendering)   With the design concept and the innovative form of science popularisation combining experience and immersion as the distinctive features, the base will strive to become a first-class and distinctive modern metrology science museum in the future.

In September 2022, CIQTEK Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was delivered to Prof. Xiaochun Liu's team, which has been commissioned and officially put into operation. Through a short interview, Prof. Liu shared his experience of using CIQTEK SEM. In the video, Prof. Liu said that thanks to the excellent functions and superb value of CIQTEK SEM, the future working time will be very happy.    Check the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nE-uYr1uFCc     At present, CIQTEK has launched field emission scanning electron microscope and tungsten filament scanning electron microscope.   CIQTEK Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope SEM5000 CIQTEK Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope SEM5000 The SEM5000 is a high-resolution, feature-rich field emission scanning electron microscope. With an advanced lens barrel design, the lens barrel has a deceleration, low aberration, and no magnetic leakage objective lens design, which realizes low-voltage high-resolution imaging, and can be applied to magnetic samples at the same time. SEM5000 has optical navigation, complete automatic functions, well-designed human-computer interaction, and optimized operation and use procedures. Regardless of whether the operator has extensive experience, they can quickly get started and complete high-resolution shooting tasks.     CIQTEK Tungsten Filament Scanning Electron Microscope SEM3200 CIQTEK Tungsten Filament Scanning Electron Microscope SEM3200 The SEM3200 is a high-performance, versatile general-purpose tungsten filament scanning electron microscope. It has excellent image quality, is compatible with low vacuum mode, and can obtain high-resolution images in different fields of view. Large depth of field, the imaging is full of three-dimensional effects.

Autumn is full of achievement!  CIQTEK EPR (ESR) spectroscopy has helped several research users get scientific data and the results were finally published in high-level journals, including Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Biomaterials, Nature Communications, Advanced Optical Materials, Nano Energy, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Research, Surfaces and Interfaces, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Ionics, etc.       CIQTEK Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy   The CIQTEK EPR (ESR) spectroscopy provides a non-destructive analytical method for the direct detection of paramagnetic materials. It can study the composition, structure, and dynamics of magnetic molecules, transition metal ions, rare earth ions, ion clusters, doped materials, defective materials, free radicals, metalloproteins, and other substances containing unpaired electrons, and can provide in situ and non-destructive information on the microscopic scale of electron spins, orbitals, and nuclei. It has a wide range of applications in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, materials, industry, etc.  

CCTV-NEWS (China Central Television, a predominant state television broadcaster in China) reported CIQTEK Scanning NV Microscope (SNVM), "In Hefei, SNVM with a resolution of only 10 nanometers, equivalent to one-fifth of the diameter of a hair strand, has been industrialized. Since its release in September 2019, it has already harvested several orders in higher education institutions, research institutes, and industries."    Check the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SIdE1-Pu77U     CIQTEK Scanning NV Microscope SNVM   CIQTEK SNVM is a scanning NV center microscope based on diamond nitrogen-vacancy center (NV center) and AFM scanning imaging technology. The magnetic properties of the sample are obtained quantitatively and non-destructively by control and readout of the spin state in the diamond probe. Based on the NV diamond magnetometry and mechanics, SNVM has nanoscale spatial resolution and ultra-high detection sensitivity and can be used to develop and study magnetic textures, high-density magnetic storage, and spintronics.  There are two versions: the ambient version and the cryogenic version.   CIQTEK Scanning NV Microscope SNVM   With the great breakthroughs in key core technologies and solid industrialization results, CIQTEK SNVM won the 22nd China International Industry Fair "CIIF Innovation Leadership Award", 2020 "Zhu Liang Yi Analytical Instrument Innovation Award" and many other industry awards, and won the full recognition of industry experts and the market.   SNVM Won Awards in EXPOs and Conferences    

We were honored to have Dr. Haijun Yang, a senior engineer from Tsinghua University's Analytical Center, one of China's top academic universities, present his experience and feedback on the use of the CIQTEK electronic paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy EPR100 since it was purchased and used by Tsinghua University MR Laboratory in 2020.      Dr. Haijun Yang said in the interview that the microwave bridge of CIQTEK EPR100 adopts advanced waveguide technology and the structure inside the chamber has been designed modularly. In the free radical test comparison experiment, there is basically no difference between the spectra obtained by CIQTEK EPR100 and other similar types of spectroscopy on the market.   Check the YouTube HD version: https://youtu.be/CVPb8tXSNH0     CIQTEK Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy   CIQTEK EPR (ESR) spectroscopy provides a non-destructive analytical method for directly detecting paramagnetic materials and has a wide range of applications in physics, chemistry, biology, materials, and industry. It can study the composition, structure, and dynamics of magnetic molecules, transition metal ions, rare earth ions, ion clusters, doped materials, defective materials, free radicals, metalloproteins, and other substances containing unpaired electrons. It can provide in situ and non-destructive information on the microscopic scale of electron spins, orbitals, and nuclei.  

The first anniversary of the CIQTEK Application Center was celebrated on June 6, 2022. In the past year, based on CIQTEK self-developed Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer, Scanning NV Microscope (SNVM), electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, specific surface & pore size analyzer, and other high-end scientific instruments, the application center has provided more than 300 customers worldwide, including universities, research institutes, and enterprises, with the hardware and software support required for scientific research and development applications and more than 1100 sample measurement services.     On June 6, 2021, the CIQTEK Application Center was officially launched.   In recent years, precision measurement has shown its unique advantages and broad application prospects in the fields of biology and medicine, food safety, chemistry and materials science, etc.   CIQTEK Application Center is located in Innovation Industrial Park Phase II in Hefei, China, with an area of about 2500 square meters and more than 20 full-time experimental application engineers, with a magnetic resonance R&D lab, magnetic resonance application lab, scanning electron microscope application lab, gas adsorption characterization application lab, etc. It relies on high-end scientific instruments and equipment with precision measurement technology and is committed to breakthroughs in key technical problems and major scientific issues. At the same time, CIQTEK Application Center provides high-quality services to research institutes, universities, and colleges with application needs in medical and health, free radicals research, food industry, material science, new energy, mineral metallurgy, geological exploration, etc., to help global scientists and technicians better carry out their scientific research activities.   CIQTEK Application Center staff working with EPR100 for testing and analysis   The CIQTEK Application Center's Magnetic Resonance Application Lab relies on EPR200-Plus, EPR200M, EPR100 electronic paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and has tested more than 600 samples for nearly 100 customers over the past year. In addition, CIQTEK has also undertaken the testing of nearly 300 samples for more than 100 third-party research users. CIQTEK provides reliable EPR (ESR) test data for scientific users and help them to publish high-level papers, such as in Nature Communications, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and other high-level journals.   CIQTEK Application Center staff working with Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for testing and analysis   The CIQTEK Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer is an experimental platform based on NV center spin magnetic resonance. By controlling basic physical quantities such as optics, electricity, and magnetism, it implements manipulation and...