Circuits Assembly Online Magazine - Thermo Fisher Scientific's K-Alpha Wins R&D 100 Award

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Thermo Fisher Scientific’s K-Alpha has been named by R&D Magazine as one of the top 100 most technologically significant products introduced in the past year.

The K-Alpha uses x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to enable quantitative monitoring of the surface chemical composition, providing chemical characterization of the top few nanometers of inorganic, organic, biological, metallurgical, semiconducting and magnetic solids.

Thermo Fisher Scientific product manager, surface analysis, Richard G. White, said, "We are very proud to be recognized by the R&D 100 award panel for the K-Alpha's novel technical features. The award confirms Thermo Fisher's status as a leader in surface characterization, and is testament to the dedication and technological expertise of our entire team in delivering powerful analytical solutions that make a real difference to our customers in many surface analysis applications."

The R&D 100 Awards were established in 1963 to identify the 100 most technologically significant new products in a given year. Over the years, the R&D 100 Awards have recognized winning products with such household names as the fax machine (1975), the printer (1986), the Kodak Photo CD (1991), the Taxol anticancer drug (1993) and the HDTV (1998).