20 years is a long way to go full of scientific adventures and excitement ; we had a good reason to celebrate the 20th year anniversary of NanoMEGAS (jointly with our employees and their families) at the beautiful island of  Crete (Greece) from 24-28 July.

Precession electron diffraction was invented by Vincent and Midgley exactly 30 years ago and recently ushered its golden era because of the developments of fast direct electron detectors, fast electron beam precession units & advanced data processing algorithms NanoMEGAS has been pioneering precession diffraction related applications since 20 years ago with developments in orientation /phase and strain mapping, 3D ED tomography, PDF analysis of amorphous phases and electric field mapping in materials science.

Is impossible to thank all our friends and customers that accompanied us in this successful 20 years journey. Just to name a few  of our early adopters like Dr. Douglas Dorset (ExxonMobil, USA) , Prof. A. S. Avilov (Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Prof. Del Planck (ULB Brussels, Belgium), Prof. Thomas E. Weirich (Aachen University, Germany), Prof. Ute Kolb (University of Mainz, Germany), Prof. J. P. Abrahams (University of Basel, Switzerland), Dr. Edgar F. Rauch (Université Grenoble Alpes, France), Prof. Muriel Veron (Université Grenoble Alpes, France), Prof. Jean Paul Morniroli  (Université de Lille, France), Prof. Paul Midgley (University of Cambridge, UK), Prof. Sven Hovmöller (Stockholm University, Sweden), Prof. Xiaodong. Zou (Stockholm University, Sweden), Dr. Mauro Gemmi (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy), Prof. Peter Moeck (Portland State University, USA) just to name only few of them. 

Today we are proud not only of the more than 290 installations in various TEMs all over the world but also of the more than 900 scientific publications in precession diffraction related fields coming from various scientific laboratories.

Precession 30 Years Anniversary

Quantum Design and NanoMEGAS are excited to announce a special workshop celebrating the 30th anniversary of beam precession development in electron diffraction for Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The event will take place at Cambridge University, where the pioneers in beam precession technology has significant impact in the field. 

Cambridge University and NanoMEGAS have been pivotal contributors on Precession ED applications, keeping the consistently and systematic development of novel applications and methodology improvements.

This workshop will bring together experts and researchers to explore the evolution and impact of beam precession over the past three decades. Through presentations and TEM demonstrations, we will delve into its fundamental principles, advanced applications, and future prospects.

We invite you to join us for this insightful event as we celebrate the achievements and advancements made possible by beam precession in TEM.