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The Quorum GloQube-D

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Quorum Technologies, market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation products, announce the release of the GloQube, a new, compact, easy to use glow discharge system primarily for users of TEM.

New from Quorum: the GloQube glow discharge system for TEM and surface modification

Laughton, UK | Posted on April 19th, 2016

The GloQube® is a new, compact, easy to use glow discharge system, used for the hydrophilisation (wetting) of TEM support films and grids and for surface modifications, for example polymer bonding.

The GloQube is available in two formats. The GloQube-D has two independent vacuum chambers: a clean chamber for applications requiring hydrophobic/hydrophilic conversion, typically using air as the process gas, and a vapour chamber designed for hydrophilic/hydrophobic (negative or positive) conversions, typically using reagents such as methanol and alkylamine. The GloQube-S has a single clean chamber.

With operator safety and ease of use firmly in mind, the vapour delivery system has reusable septum-sealed reagent vials, which insert into a shielded needle using a simple bayonet fitting.

Each chamber can accommodate two 25 x 75 mm glass microscopes slides and automatic valving between chambers maintains cleanliness by preventing cross-contamination. A convenient draw-style chamber door, stage and removable sample trays ensure rapid sample exchange. Both GloQube-D and GloQube-S require a single vacuum pump giving a typical pump time to operational vacuum of around 60 seconds.

Data input and control is by an intuitive touch screen which allows multiple users to rapidly input and store preferred process “recipes”. Typical default glow discharge protocols are loaded as standard.

Like all other Quorum Technologies products, the GloQube comes with a generous three-year warranty and dedicated specialist support.

To obtain full details of the products available from Quorum Technologies, please visit www.quorumtech.com.

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About Quorum Technologies Limited
Quorum Technologies are market and technology leaders in electron microscopy coating and cryogenic preparation. The company was founded in 2001 after the acquisition of the long-established Polaron brand and its range of electron microscopy (EM) products from Thermo Instruments. In 2005, they acquired the previously competitive Emitech company, allowing Quorum to extend their product range and to grow the business further.

Since the start, Quorum has been proactive in responding to industry requests and requirements for new instruments and techniques. This first culminated in the introduction of the market-leading Q Series of vacuum coating systems and PP3010T cryo preparation systems for SEM and FIB/SEM - both true ground-up redesigns that have truly set the standard within the specimen preparation field.

In 2009 further impetus and investment came with the acquisition of our company by Judges Scientific plc. The Quorum Technologies brand continues to prosper at their new, purpose-built factory and offices close to the South Downs National Park at Laughton, East Sussex in the South East of England.

In 2014 Quorum were proud winners of the Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade.

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