Pacific Nanotechnology Announces New Image Display and Analysis Software for Atomic Force Microscopy
NanoRule+™ software brings PC computer graphics and imaging
capability to the AFM.
Santa Clara, CA -- March 17, 2003 -- Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc. (PNI),
the global leader in high-performance, easy-to-use, and affordable atomic
force microscopes (AFMs), today introduced NanoRule+™ software for its
Nano-R™ and Nano-I™ AFMs. The image display and analysis
software brings PC computer graphics tools to the AFM user. With NanoRule+
software, AFM users have rapid, state-of-the-art, intuitive imaging
capabilities to facilitate their nanotechnology research and development
efforts.
Paul West, vice president of products and chief technology officer for PNI,
said, "We have taken advantage of some of the latest software and video
graphics capabilities developed for video games to make NanoRule+ fast,
intuitive, and easy to use. It gives the AFM user the ability to rapidly
visualize data in new ways and gain new insights via controlled 3-dimensional
imagery."
NanoRule+ combines the three functions essential for AFM graphics software:
image display, image processing, and image analysis. The new software was
designed from the ground up to take advantage of the capabilities of the
Open GL graphics software environment combined with fast AGP (Accelerated
Graphics Port) video 3-D display hardware.
NanoRule+ provides an Image Work Window similar to popular graphics and
image editing software, with options for rapid display, analysis, and
visualization of AFM images. Users will benefit from its capabilities
for:
- 2-D and 3-D image display;
- error correction; leveling;
- line analysis;
- line and area roughness analysis;
- contrast, brightness, and gamma adjustment;
- filtering;
- scaling and zooming;
- and variable light shading that gives a photo-realistic view.
NanoRule+ was designed to support both the Nano-I™ and Nano-R™
AFMs. The Nano-I is an AFM for inspection and metrology of nanodevice wafers
and storage media disks. It has applications in R&D, process development,
failure analysis, and quality assurance for MEMS and semiconductor devices,
data storage media, magnetic read/write heads, and photonic devices. The
Nano-R is an AFM for R&D and industrial labs. It has applications in
numerous growing areas including metallurgy, nanoparticles and powders,
filters, semiconductor/data storage, photonics, and adhesives.
For more information about NanoRule+ and its state-of-the-art AFM imaging
and analysis capabilities, please visit our website at www.pacificnanotech.com.
About Pacific Nanotechnology, Inc.
PNI is the global leader in high-performance, easy-to-use, affordable AFMs
for nano-scale research and manufacturing. The company is facilitating the
growth and expansion of nanotechnology and the manufacture of nano-scale
products by providing practical AFM tools for new or experienced and
single- or multi-user environments. For more information, visit the
company's website at www.pacificnanotech.com.
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