Scientific imaging will be given a boost by a new company spun out from the University of Oxford. Oxford Imaging Detectors, which is developing high-performance scientific imaging detectors capable of studying structures and processes at the atomic level, has been set up by the university’s technology transfer company, Isis Innovation.
Initially focused for use in electron microscopy, the detectors were developed by the research group lead by Professor Angus Kirkland in the university’s Department of Materials. They provide significant advantages over current technology, exceeding the current state of the art in speed, contrast, efficiency and resolution.
Professor Kirkland explained: “These detectors coupled to state-of-the-art imaging instruments are some of the most powerful tools in a scientist’s toolkit. Materials scientists, chemists, biologists and physicists increasingly need to examine objects at the atomic level. The Oxford Imaging Detectors’ products will support critical research in diverse areas spanning automotive catalysis, molecular medicine and new engineering nanomaterials.”
“Isis has been working with Professor Kirkland and his research group to protect this valuable intellectual property which has real utility for the scientific research community, and to create the route to market. We believe Oxford Imaging Detectors provides a very strong business team to take the technology to the next stage,” said Tom Hockaday, Isis Innovation’s managing director.
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