HORIBA, a global leader in analytical and measurement technology, has expanded its award-winning compact hematology instrument range with the launch of new models with Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) on board. The new Yumizen H550E (autoloader), H500E CT (closed tube), and Yumizen H500E OT (open tube)now offer combined testing for CBC/DIFF with ESR results from whole blood in 60 seconds, adding a comprehensive profile for inflammatory disease assessment...

World leader in Raman microscopy and nanoscopy, HORIBA Scientific and Digital Surf, creator of the Mountains® software platform for image and surface analysis in microscopy and metrology, today announced the release of graphYX, a new software range for users of HORIBA's Raman spectroscopy solutions, comprising two product levels: graphYX and graphYX-3D...

HORIBA UK announces that it has joined the lifETIME Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) as an Industry Partner. This partnership aims to provide a new generation of scientists with skills and approaches to reduce and replace the need for animal testing, so transforming drug discovery, toxicology screening and regenerative medicine. The lifETIME (Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry and Medicine) CDT is a partnership between...

Standard Microscope Systems let you add techniques like Photoluminescence, Raman, and TCSPS to any standard microscope so you can add flexibility and modularity to your microscope and not compromise its imaging functionality. Simply by adding a spectrometer and detector to your existing microscope, or selecting one of our turnkey systems, you can perform Raman, TCSPC or photoluminescence. Watch this video to see how easy it is to customize your microscope so it can perform spectroscopy techniques...

HORIBA announces its participation in a new consortium formed to accelerate the development of process analytical technologies (PAT) in cell and gene therapy manufacturing. HORIBA’s new A-TEEM™ Molecular Fingerprinting technology has shown great promise for fast QC/QA of complex biological systems and is a core technology being assessed for reducing batch failures and manufacturing costs, to enable faster time to market....

Discover the LabRAM Odyssey™ Anniversary Special Edition, fully loaded with our most popular innovations: Duoscan, ULF, SWIFT XS EMCCD, at an amazing price! Special 50 years anniversary series: true confocal Raman microscope enabling the most detailed images and analyses to be obtained with speed and confidence. Ideally suited for both micro and macro measurements, it offers advanced confocal imaging capabilities in 2D and 3D. With guaranteed high performance and intuitive simplicity, the LabRAM Odyssey™ is the ultimate instrument for Raman spectroscopy....

Raman capabilities now range from micro- to NanoRaman and provides entry into the SPM market

After four years of successful cooperation with AIST-NT, HORIBA Scientific, a global leader in Raman spectroscopy for over 50 years, announced the acquisition of AIST-NT technology. This technology will strengthen HORIBA’s leadership in NanoRaman spectroscopy by combining....

HORIBA CLUE Series offer a scalable platform for imaging and spectroscopic analysis of nano-objects with SEM and dual SEM/FIB (Focused Ion Beam) microscopes.

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in spectroscopic analysis for over 40 years, is proud to announce the new HORIBA CLUE Series detectors for Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM). HORIBA CLUE Series include: i-CLUE fast Cathodo-Luminescence (CL) imaging system featuring a large field of view ellipsoidal collection mirror...

New Uvisel Plus includes the next generation of FastAcq technology with increased measurement accuracy.

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in spectroscopic ellipsometry for over 25 years, is proud to announce the launch of their new UVISEL Plus, a modular ellipsometer which includes the newest acquisition technology designed to measure thin film samples faster, and more accurately than ever....

HORIBA Scientific, a global leader in Raman Spectroscopy, just announced new Silver AFM-TERS probes to provide the highest resolution for NanoRaman Systems.

The TERS probes have been the primary limiting factor that prevented NanoRaman from becoming a routine and analytical characterization technique. Today, HORIBA completes their TERS Probes line with new Silver coated AFM-TERS probes that offer x10 more Raman amplification than the Au coated AFM-TERS probes.....

Joint HORIBA and AIST-NT Solution Provided Spatial Resolution below 15 nm

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman spectroscopy solutions, and AIST-NT, manufacturer of advanced SPM systems designed specifically for integration with optical spectroscopy, deployed their joint solution at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in the US, in collaboration with the Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany. The resulting Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS) data was recently published in an article entitled...

Swift v2 - Confocal Raman Imaging

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and optical spectroscopy systems, announces their new SWIFT v2 ultra fast confocal raman imaging module. Available for the XploRA PLUS and LabRAM Evolution, the new SWIFT v2 module further enhances the ability to obtain fast and detailed confocal Raman images at the click of a button. The module offers a 4x to 5x improvement in speed on even the fastest of Raman images whilst...

HORIBA  Scientific, global leader in Optical Spectroscopy systems, launched its new Synapse EM, a deep cooled EMCCD Scientific camera for low light and ultra-fast  spectroscopy experiments.

The Synapse EM is available in front and  back  illuminated for optimal quantum efficiency. With a sensor format of  1600 x 200 or 1600 x 400 and a pixel size of 16 microns, the Synapse EM is  the  ideal  candidate  for  high  spectral resolution measurements. The camera  comes  with  a  standard dual readout mode that allows the users to switch  automatically  between  EMCCD  mode  for low light measurements and...

Nano-Raman performed with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), and especially nano-Raman imaging, still has the reputation of being a difficult measurement.

Last week, to demonstrate that this can now be performed under regular conditions, the HORIBA team has set up a “XploRA nano” system on a standard optical table running without air damping. TERS imaging was perform without any trouble even when visitors were stopping by to discuss the technique with the team. “Thanks to our unique integrated solution with AIST-NT (Novato, CA, USA), using tuning fork TERS probes manufactured by HORIBA and...

HORIBA Scientific is pleased to announce the launch of EzPlex, the new flagship instrument of the label-free molecular interaction platform based on Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi).

EzPlex gives quantitative and qualitative information on multiplex molecular interaction assays involving oligonucleotides, oligosaccharides, proteins, antibodies, aptamers or even cells and bacteria. The imaging capability dramatically enhances the throughput of conventional SPR and allows from few up to several hundred molecular interactions to be screened and characterized simultaneously. Interaction kinetic profiles can be obtained within minutes and give precious data about binding strength, kinetics and affinity....

HORIBA Scientific is pleased to announce the launch of EzPlex, the new flagship instrument of the label-free molecular interaction platform based on Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi).

EzPlex gives quantitative and qualitative information on multiplex molecular interaction assays involving oligonucleotides, oligosaccharides, proteins, antibodies, aptamers or even cells and bacteria. The imaging capability dramatically enhances the throughput of conventional SPR and allows from few up to several hundred molecular interactions to be screened and characterized simultaneously. Interaction kinetic profiles can be obtained within minutes and give precious data about binding strength, kinetics and affinity....

The telescope door of NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) equipped with HORIBA Jobin Yvon diffraction gratings was opened on July 17, 2013.

The IRIS spectrograph has begun to observe with unprecedented detail the lowest parts of the sun's atmosphere, known as the interface region. “The quality of images and spectra we are receiving from IRIS is amazing.” said Dr. Alan Title, IRIS principal investigator. IRIS data will allow scientists to study and better understand the energy transport on the sun. The diffraction gratings for the IRIS spectrograph have been produced by HORIBA Jobin Yvon S.A.S.Longjumeau – France...

HORIBA Jobin Yvon S.A.S. (Palaiseau, France), operating worldwide under the name of HORIBA Scientific, is pleased to announce its recent agreement with AIST-NT (Novato, CA, USA) to distribute their Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) product line in most of Europe, China and South America.

AIST-NT is a manufacturer of advanced SPM systems designed specifically for integration with optical spectroscopy, and has been a partner of HORIBA Scientific for AFM-Raman and Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) system integration for several years. HORIBA Scientific is a leading spectroscopy equipment manufacturer, and is the leader in Raman microscopy. With the growing interest for nano-spectroscopy and TERS, HORIBA Scientific has collaborated with several SPM manufacturers to deliver a wide range of combined solutions...

HORIBA UK Ltd, Medical Division’s on-going partnership with Spire Healthcare, the UK’s second largest group of private hospitals, continues to go from strength to strength, as demonstrated by a new case study. 

It highlights last summer’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, during which, an ABX Pentra 80 haematology analyser was used within the Olympic Village Polyclinic by Spire who managed the on-site pathology services. These provided 24-hour healthcare support to an extremely diverse temporary community the size of a large town! The new case study outlining how HORIBA UK and Spire Healthcare supported the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Since the London 2012 Olympics were heralded as one of the most sustainable, Spire was required to reflect this ethos when setting-up its laboratory and to not purchase new equipment when kitting it out...

Horiba Ltd have developed a new breed of electrochemical Pocket Meters

Incorporating 60 years of water quality analyser research and manufacturing technology into one pen sized simple design, testing has never been easier. The comprehensive range of pocket meters employs just three simple steps to achieving results. The meter is calibrated using the standards supplied, cleaned with pure water, the sample is added and the results are displayed, it’s really that simple!! Everything you need to perform the test is included in a handy carry case for complete portability, including the standards, pipettes and sample sheets...

New automated particle location and chemical characterization tool

HORIBA Scientific, a leading innovator in the manufacture of high performance scientific and analytical equipment, is announcing the launch of their new ParticleFinder module for the LabSpec 6 Spectroscopy Suite. In combination with the full range of HORIBA Raman microscopes ParticleFinder brings a new level of automation and ease of use for particle analysts who require the unique chemical characterization tools that Raman can offer...

Fully automated extended wavelength range capability and new generation of software offer versatility without compromise

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in Raman and Fluorescence spectroscopy systems, announces their new LabRAM HR Evolution, the latest spectrometer to join the LabRAM series of research Raman spectrometers. The LabRAM HR Evolution is highly versatile.  It offers a fully automated, extended wavelength range capability. It also has an unsurpassed achromatic optical design with a high focal length.  In fact, it provides high spectroscopic resolution and a unique wavelength range capability from 200nm to 2000nm with an access to frequencies as low as 10cm-1 thanks to the Ultra Low Frequency module, providing high content spectroscopic information for chemical and structural identification as well as an accurate spatial resolution at sub-micron scale...

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• 6 December 2012, Basel - Switzerland

The new SZ-100 series instruments analyze key particle physical properties including size, zeta potential, molecular weight, and second virial coefficient (A2). Particle size analysis is performed by dynamic light scattering (DLS). Zeta potential is measured by electrophoretic light scattering. Molecular weight and A2 are analyzed by static light scattering using a Debye plot...