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TEM Supplies Overview

K-kit for Liquid TEM

Liquid TEM for Everyone

K-kit with TEM Holder

The K-kit is a single-use sealable carrier with a microchannel inside, allowing for liquid analysis by electron microscopy. It is made by ultraprecise MEMS micromachining from silicon, with a silicon nitride window. It fits inside a standard 3mm TEM grid and thus into all commonly used TEM holders.

The K-kit advantage:

  • Affordable and easy-to-use, with no installation hassle
  • Image nano-objects, agglomerates, and aggregates (NOAA) in native state, no drying artifacts
  • Fits all common TEM holders, and SEM compatible
  • Resistant to chemical solvents
  • Acts as a micro reaction chamber for chemical and biological research
  • Temperature range of -196°C to 120°C for cryo TEM as well as bake out and heating
  • Can preserve the sample for future re-examination

With K-kit, you no longer need to invest tens to hundreds of thousands to see your liquid or wet samples in their native state!
Fill, Seal and Observe
K-kit step by step use
The K-kit is easy. Just touch the carrier to a drop
of your liquid sample to have it drawn inside
by capillary force.		 Seal ends with vacuum-proof Torr Seal® glue. Mount inside a standard grid for TEM.


Specifications

Window:

Si3N4 thickness: 30nm & 100nm
Width: 24µm
Length: 300µm

Channel:

Width: 120µm
Channel heights available: 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5µm

Materials:

Substrate: Si wafer
Channel walls: Si3N4
Wafer bonding: SiO2

 K-kit Specifications




Nanomaterials Characterization Using the K-kit
 
K-kit Difference - Conventional Preparation K-kit Difference
See the difference: NIST-traceable polystyrene beads in water are aggregated upon drying by conventional TEM preparation (left) but maintain their native state in K-kit carrier (right). Scale bar, 500nm.
   
K-kit Difference Milk K-kit Difference - Sunscreen
CaCO3 nanoparticle additives in milk TiO2 and ZnO in sunscreen lotion
   
K-kit Difference Polishing Slurry K-kit Difference - Blood
SiO2 nanoparticles in polishing slurry Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in blood



Tools for Easy Loading and Mounting
K-kit container for loading and mounting
The K-kit container is designed to facilitate K-kit loading and mounting.
 
 
We offer the K-kit as a complete toolbox, set in a deluxe carrying case. The tools, together with the carrier container, are designed to make loading and mounting of the K-kit carrier easy even for an inexperienced user. The toolbox also includes a starter supply of the consumables, everything to get you started doing liquid TEM.



K-kit holder and loading stand k-kit stand and needle pen
K-kit Holder & Loading Stand Set
(120-15)		 Gluing Stand & Needle Pen Set
(120-19)



K-kit toolbox k-kit packaging
(120-1) (120-4) (120-6) K-kit in its sealed container



Ordering Information

Prod # Description Unit Price Order / Quote
120-1 K-kit Complete Toolbox Set, includes a pack of 4 carriers, 0.2µm each $945.00
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Included in the Box: 1 Sample Loading Stand, 1 Holder, 1 Needle Pen, 1 Gluing Stand, 1 pack of 6 glass slides, 1 Accessory Box (contains sealing and mounting glues, stirring sticks, and miscellaneous spare parts for the tools), and 1 4-pack of single-use 0.2µm K-kit carriers.


K-kit Tools & Supplies

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120-3 K-kit Accessory Box containing sealing and mounting glues with channel opener each $55.00
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120-7 K-kit Loading Stand each 149.00
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120-8 K-kit Holder each 87.00
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120-9 Gluing Stand to hold K-kit Carrier each 65.00
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120-10 K-kit Needle Pen for glue application each 169.00
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120-11 K-kit Starter Box containing sealing and mounting glues with channel opener each 58.00
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120-12 K-kit Channel Opener each 29.00
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120-13 Set of K-kit Sealing and Mounting Glues each 25.00
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120-14 Box of K-kit Folding Copper Grids, pack of 10 pkg/10 180.00
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120-15 Loading Set comprising K-kit Holder and Sample Loading Stand each 190.00
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120-16 Box of K-kit Annular Copper Grids, pack of 10 pkg/10 20.00
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120-17 Box of K-kit Glass Slides each 5.00
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120-19 K-kit Gluing Tool Set comprising Needle Pen and Gluing Stand each 190.00
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K-kit Carriers to Reorder

Prod # Description Unit Price Order / Quote
120-4011 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.1µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 $480.00
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120-4013 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.1µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 560.00
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120-6011 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.1µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 720.00
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120-6013 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.1µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 840.00
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120-4023 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.2µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 560.00
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120-6023 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.2µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 840.00
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120-4051 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.5µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 480.00
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120-4 K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.2µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 435.00
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120-4053 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.2µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 560.00
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120-6 K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.2µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 649.00
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120-6051 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.5µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 720.00
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120-41 K-kit Carrier, channel height 2µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 435.00
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120-6053 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 0.5µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 840.00
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120-61 K-kit Carrier, channel height 2µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 649.00
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120-411 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 1µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 480.00
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120-611 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 1µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 720.00
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120-423 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 2µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 560.00
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120-623 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 2µm, window thickness 30nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 840.00
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120-451 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 5µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 4 pkg/4 480.00
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120-651 NEW K-kit Carrier, channel height 5µm, window thickness 100nm, pack of 6 pkg/6 720.00
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