Solutions for NanoAnalysis

Solutions for NanoAnalysis

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Solutions for NanoAnalysis episodes

  • Handheld XRF and Fashion Fraud

    Join us as we speak to Maureen Moses, a fine jewelry and watch authentication specialist with fashionphile.com, about the handheld XRF technology and authenticating luxury handbags and accessories.  A fashion file showroom can be visited to buy and sell ultra luxury handbags and accessories. If you're looking to sell with fashion file or if you have any other questions about how fashion file works, you can find them at fashionfile.com.

    YouTube: 

     Authenticating Fine Jewelry with FASHIONPHILE https://youtu.be/eXjM_OzAd3E?t=119  

    Bruker XRF Safety https://youtu.be/KBTnbKuSfNA 

    Website:  

    https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/S1-TITAN.html 

    https://www.fashionphile.com/ 

    Handheld XRF: How it works https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/how-xrf-works.html 

    Contact Us:

     [email protected] 

    +1 800-234-XRAY(9729 

    30 min
  • Avoiding Sample Collisions in your SEM

    Join us as we speak to Jack Mershon, Applications Specialist for Tescan USA Inc., about SEM advancements and the TESCAN Essence™ 3D Collision Model.

    YouTube: 

    Bruker Detectors https://youtu.be/4iHCLUG7RGw 

    Website:  

    Bruker Detectors https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/eds-wds-ebsd-SEM-Micro-XRF.html 

    Essence™ 3D Collision Model – Tescan https://www.tescan.com/product/sem-for-materials-science-tescan-vega/ 

    App Notes application notes:

    Essence™ 3D Collision Model – Tescan flyer https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-151ee2e2-f12c-4aa7-9864-7bb93c3f36b8/1/-/-/-/-/Tescan%20-%20Essence%203D%20collision%20model.pdf 


    Contact Us:

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    +1 800-234-XRAY(9729)

    22 min
  • Environmental, Clinical and Academic labs use TXRF for Environmental Studies

    Join us as we speak to Armin Gross, Senior Product Manager TXRF at Bruker Nano Analytics, about TXRF technology and environmental testing.

    YouTube: 

    TXRF videos on Facebook https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF_GRo7UL0J0gGlMkAKf3scA24sbmdK9R  

    Website:
    https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/txrf-spectrometers.html


    Details of the ongoing aerosol project can be found at the project web page at www.aerometproject.com.


    More details about TXRF Network can be found at the project web page at https://enforcetxrf.eu/.

     

    Contact Us:
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    +1 800-234-XRAY(9729)

    27 min
  • Using Bruker S1 TITAN XRF to Screen for Toxic Metals in Aluminum Cookpots

    Join us as we speak to Steve Whittaker, Research Services Program Manager for the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, Washington, and Katie Fellows, Project Manager on the Research Services team for King County's Hazardous Waste Management Program, about using the Bruker S1 TITAN XRF to screen for lead in the aluminum cookpots of Afghan refugees in the Seattle area.

    Website:  https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/micro-xrf-spectrometers/m4-tornado.html

    S1 TITAN – portable Elemental Analysis from Mg-U

    New study reveals lead in some imported aluminum cookpots could contribute to lead poisoning

    The Cookware & Bakeware Alliance - Cookware.org 

    Abstracts and Whitepapers: 

    Investigating aluminum cookpots as a source of lead exposure in Afghan refugee children resettled in the United States. Fellows, K.M., Samy, S., Rodriguez, Y. et al. Investigating aluminum cookpots as a source of lead exposure in Afghan refugee children resettled in the United States. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 32, 451–460 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-022-00431-y 


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    42 min
  • From HandHeld XRF to Artificial Intelligence: How One Scientist is Helping the World

    Join us as we speak to Dr. Lee Drake, a former Bruker employee who has taken his XRF know-how to artificial intelligence and beyond, helping with refugee displacements being integrated into new homes and helping save the world.

    YouTube: 

    TRACER 5g introduction https://youtu.be/0T8HaVan0XU 

    Website:  TRACER 5g https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/handheld-xrf-applications/materials-research.html 

    Information listed in today’s podcast 

     XRF website - https://www.xrf.guru

    Company website - http://www.decisiontreellc.com

    Humanitarian Legal website - https://www.humanitarianlegal.org

    NYTimes article - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/world/asia/afghanistan-girl-burn-evacuation-military.html

    Article on the release of one Lee’s colleague -  https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/politics/safi-rauf-taliban-release-cnntv/index.html


    Contact Us:

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    33 min
  • Deep Rooting Crops Studies with Handheld XRF

    Join us as we talk to Dr. Molly Hanlon from Penn State about her use of the Bruker Tracer 5 Handheld XRF to support her research in deep root systems.

    YouTube: 

    Tracer 5g https://youtu.be/0T8HaVan0XU 


    Website:    

    https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/handheld-xrf-spectrometers/TRACER-5.html 

    roots.psu.edu

     arpa-e roots https://arpa-e.energy.gov/technologies/programs/roots 

    Brochure:

    Agri-Solutions Brochure https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-7071cb35-e177-4546-9b1e-e298a825f07b/1/-/-/-/-/Agri-Solutions.pdf 

    Contact Us:

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    47 min
  • Colorful Quantities of Matter

    Recently Dr. Meiken Falke the Global Product Manager for EDS on TEM and SEM with Bruker Nano Analytics presented the topic "Colorful Quantities of Matter" during a larger formatted program. 

    We are going to share her portion here so you can gain insights from her talk. Her presentation is on adding color to electron microscope data using spectroscopy and diffraction. Talking about not just coloring in each type of atom but counting  them one by one and studying their geometric arrangement in complex structures. 

    19 min
  • Wetlands Research and Handheld XRF technology

    Join us as we talk to Caitlin Turner, PhD student at Louisiana State University, about using Bruker Nano Analytics’[MK1] Handheld XRF to drive her studies in the Mississippi River wetlands.

     

    Speaker: Caitlin Turner, PhD student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

    YouTube: 

    Coastal Wetlands Research with Portable XRF  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEWWD3PleE&t=11s 

    Website:    

    https://www.bruker.com/en/applications/minerals-mining-and-petrochemical/academic-geoscience-research/oceanography-and-hydrologic-science.html 

    Brochure:

    TRACER 5 - https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-514b80c6-3124-4a5f-be8c-f4575de447f0/1/-/-/-/-/TRACER%205%20brochure.pdf 

    Abstracts and Whitepapers: 

    Portable XRF Solutions for Environmental Stewardship –https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-0dec7b89-17d3-49e2-96fb-79daf2248ba2/1/-/-/-/-/Environmental%20Solutions%20brochure.pdf 

    AGU paper –https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-1b19bb2c-a6b9-4d29-93ab-745414e311e8/1/-/-/-/-/AGU_Paper_OS15C_0987.pdf 

     

    Mentioned in podcast:

     National Estuarine Research Reserve - https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/   

    CPRA https://coastal.la.gov/ 

    Dell Torus, and they're out of the Netherlands. https://oss.deltares.nl/web/delft3d/home 

    EPA  -  https://www.epa.gov/wetlands 

    USGS  -  https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center 

    NOAA -  https://www.noaa.gov/ 

    Contact Us:

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    34 min
  • A day in the life of a sample at the lab

    Today we are joined by Dr. Tina Hill, Applications Scientist with Bruker Nano Analytics, to discuss her approach when testing samples using the M4 TORNADO, the tool of choice for sample characterization using small-spot micro X-ray fluorescence.

    YouTube:
    M4 TORNADO PLUS https://youtu.be/3h-uSchWEDw

    Website: 
    https://www.bruker.com/en/products-and-solutions/elemental-analyzers/micro-xrf-spectrometers/m4-tornado.html

    Brochure
    https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/attachment/15240/f-44da6eaa-ef40-4a3b-a0fb-f0532249cfe1/1/-/-/-/-/M4%20TORNADO.pdf

    Contact Us:
    [email protected] 

    +1 800-234-XRAY(9729)

    31 min
  • Revealing Smalt in the Sky of Titian's "Rape of Europa" – with Portable XRF

    Join us as we talk to Jess Chloros and Gianfranco Pocabene, conservators from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, about conserving Titian’s “Rape of Europa”. From surprising finds in the paint in the sky to preparing a 600-year-old painting to travel. What could go wrong?  


    Speakers:  

    Jessica Chloros, Objects Conservator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    Gianfranco Pocabene, Chief Paintings and Research Conservator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    YouTube: 

    Art and Conservation Analysis with XRF - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF_GRo7UL0J08n8XP4eB5i4Wm1vZOO8qK 

    Website:    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum : https://www.gardnermuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/women-myth-power

    https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/titian-women-myth-and-power-gallery-guide 

    Bruker Fine Arts: https://www.bruker.com/en/applications/academia-materials-science/art-conservation-archaeology/fine-art-analysis.html 

    Abstracts and Whitepapers: 

    Marco X-ray fluorescence scanning (MA-XRF) as tool in the authentication of paintings -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026265X17307051?via%3Dihub  

    App Notes application notes:

    M6 JETSTREAM brochure download - https://mbna.bruker.com/acton/form/15240/021f:d-0002/0/-/-/-/-/index.htm 

    Contact Us:

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    +1 800-234-XRAY(972 

    52 min

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