Imago is revolutionizing the ability to characterize devices and materials at the atomic scale and to obtain three dimensional microstructural information that is germane for understanding both physical and mechanical properties, thereby fulfilling the microstructure -- property relationship that is a basic paradigm of engineering. The results obtained using LEAP represent a dramatic improvement over all earlier atom probe microscopes, and therefore LEAP is a revolutionary technological achievement with significant scientific ramifications for the future. LEAP is being utilized by researchers around the world. Here is what our users have to say about the LEAP microscope and the company behind the LEAP -- Imago.

David N. Seidman, Ph.D.
Walter P. Murphy Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
"Imago Scientific Instruments has produced an instrument that is clearly revolutionary in its design and execution and leaves all the other instruments on the market well below second place. It is emphasized that this instrument is not marginally different and better, but that it stands in a separate class. I can say that as the proud owner of a LEAP..."

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M. K. Miller, Ph.D.
Distinguished R&D Staff
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"This instrument is a major milestone in analytical instrumentation. Its productivity has allowed me and other users to conduct more experiments in one year than we did in the last 20 years. Further it has been extremely robust..."

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Simon P. Ringer
Director, Electron Microscope Unit
University of Sydney
"Imago's LEAP microscope provides unique analytical capabilities that expand greatly the range of problems that can be investigated in the science and technology of materials. Indeed, the instrument offers analytical sensitivity, resolution and data throughput that surpass what is possible with any other analytical instruments. The range of materials...

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Naoki Soneda, Dr.
Leader, Irradiation Embrittement Research Unit
CRIEPI
"The first LEAP machine came to CRIEPI in June 2006. Since then, our experimental output has drastically changed in both qualitative and quantitative senses...We can characterize individual clusters in detail, can obtain good statistics on the cluster characterization, can determine cluster number density with high accuracy, and more importantly, could find new kinds of clusters normally formed at very low number density."

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Yasuyoshi Nagai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Irradiation Effects in Nuclear and Their Related Materials
Institute for Materials Research
Tohoku University
"Recently, we found that it was very fruitful to collaborate with 3D atom probe technique... thus we decided to introduce the IMAGO machine. We found that our choice was absolutely correct. The quality and robustness of the product design, the ease of use, and the support by Imago are outstanding."

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Gregory B. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
The University of Alabama
"Currently, the LEAP 3000XSi accounts for a significant percentage of total tool usage time in UA’s CAF. The data collected from the LEAP has strengthened UA’s national and international research presence. The LEAP is considered the ‘crown jewel’ of the CAF instrumentation. It has and continues to meet the expectation of UA faculty and external users in its capability and impact in their research."

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