SMART Grids Comparison
The table below shows a comparison of Dune Sciences' SMART Grids versus typical carbon grids for a variety of applications.
| Grid Comparison | ||||||
| Application | SMART SiO2 |
C-SMART |
Typical carbon grids |
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| Biology/Life Sciences | ||||||
| On-grid sample purification/concentration | Excellent |
Excellent |
Poor |
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| On-grid immunoassays | Excellent |
Excellent |
Poor |
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| Single particle (virus, proteins, etc.) analysis - negative stain | Good |
Excellent |
Okay |
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| CryoEM | Okay |
Excellent |
Good |
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| Materials Science | ||||||
| Metal nanoparticles | Excellent |
Excellent |
Okay |
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| Sample archival | Excellent |
Okay |
Okay |
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| Nanomaterials Environmental fate | Excellent |
Okay |
N/A |
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| Process development | Excellent |
Okay |
poor |
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| Sequential process imaging | Excellent |
N/A |
N/A |
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| Ex-situ FIB lift-out | Good |
Excellent |
Okay |
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| Other Analytical Techniques | ||||||
| SEM | Okay |
Excellent |
Good |
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| AFM | Excellent |
Poor |
Poor |
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| EDX | Excellent |
Good |
Good |
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| EELS | Okay |
Excellent |
Good |
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| Surface Analysis (TOF-SIMS, XPS/AES) | Excellent |
Okay |
Okay |
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| EPMA | Excellent |
Okay |
Okay |
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