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Fall 2023

  • What’s new?: Ready for 10.1? All the new features available this fall
  • Application: Analyzing silicon strain with Raman spectroscopy
  • Customer spotlight: Prof P. Leclere: quantitative mapping of mechanical and viscoelastic properties at the nanoscale
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What is spectral analysis?
  • News: Summer trade shows
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Summer 2023

  • Application: Correlative microscopy: pyrite mineral spatial characterization
  • Product news: New: MountainsImage®, bringing your microscopy analysis to light
  • Customer spotlight: Using microwear analysis to understand what T-rex ate
  • Surface metrology Q&A: How stable is my surface texture evaluation?
  • News: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Spring 2023

  • What’s coming?: Exploring the power of Mountains® 10
  • Application: Multi-perspective characterization of tool performance
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What are the differences between ISO 4287 and ISO 21920?
  • Case study in brief: Determining surface quality of cap layers in superconductors
  • Product news: Wiley and Digital Surf collaborate to accelerate surface analysis workflow
  • Events highlights & social

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Fall 2022

  • What’s new?: New in Mountains®9.3 – Accelerating surface analysis automation… and much more
  • Application: Force spectroscopy: strengthening polylactic acid polymers by calcification
  • Feature spotlight: Welcome to the fascinating world of fiber analysis
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What cut-off value should I use?
  • News: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Summer 2022

  • Feature spotlight: Compare 3D topography & chemical composition
  • What’s new?:Performing thickness analysis with any profilometer
  • Application: Using 3D reconstruction in SEM to reverse-engineer the human ovary
  • Surface metrology Q&A: 5 common mistakes to avoid in presentations & papers
  • News: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Spring 2022

  • New release: Mountains® 9.2 preview: the new features not to be missed
  • Partnership news:Seamless software integration empowers quality control 4.0
  • Application: Snow surfaces investigated in situ in study on ski friction
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What is a bandpass filter and how should I use it?
  • Product news: HORIBA and Digital Surf partner to launch graphYX software range
  • Social: What’s hot online

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Fall 2021

  • New release: Mountains® 9.1: What’s new for micro & nanoscale analysis?
  • Application: Using new dedicated tools for force curve analysis
  • Partnership news: A collaboration driving roundness metrology forward
  • Surface metrology Q&A: ISO standards: what is the GPS matrix?
  • News in brief: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online

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Summer 2021

  • New application: Investigating next-gen engine components at the nanoscale
  • Customer story: Intra-oral scanners for tooth erosion detection
  • Research: Analyzing data from a large-scale multi-instrument project
  • Explainer: What are multi-channel cubes?
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Revision of ISO 25178-2: what’s coming?
  • News in brief: Partnership news
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Spring 2021

  • Major version release: What’s coming in Mountains® 9?
  • Customer story: Characterizing antimicrobial surface topography
  • How to: Study height distribution: Abbott curves & histograms
  • Surface metrology Q&A: How is surface texture indicated on drawings?
  • News: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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2020 Fall Surface Newsletter

Fall 2020

  • Application: Correlating AFM, SEM & EDX data for nanoparticle analysis
  • New version: Better than ever: the Mountains® 8.2 release
  • Customer story: Transition to MountainsSPIP®, an SPIP™ user’s perspective
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Is my surface stochastic or deterministic?
  • News: Events & product highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Summer 2020

  • Cover story: New SEM application: 3D reconstruction of ear bone erosion
  • Learning: 5 things to know about contour profile analysis
  • How to: Perform particle analysis on microscopy images
  • Surface metrology Q&A: How can I be sure my results can be trusted?
  • News: Digital resources & product highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Spring 2020

  • Cover story: Mountains® 8.1 coming soon to an instrument near you
  • How to: Perform 3D Fourier analysis using Mountains®
  • Application: Assessing the tribological interface of mechanical parts
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Freeform surfaces: can I calculate surface texture?
  • News in brief: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Fall 2019

  • Cover story: Multi-channel data: how to study correlations
  • SEM analysis: Improving wound care in burn patients
  • Research: Exploring hyperspectral maps of 2D materials
  • Surface metrology Q&A: The surface metrology quiz is back!
  • News in brief: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Summer 2019

  • Cover story: SEM image 3D reconstruction of laser-structured surfaces
  • How to: Measure any object in a microscope image
  • Research: Analyzing photoelectron spectroscopic measurements
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What’s next for motifs parameters on profiles?
  • News in brief: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Spring 2019

  • Cover story: Mountains® 8 is here: 11 reasons to update now
  • Product focus: MountainsMap® 8: profilometry made perfect
  • Application: Detecting tooth enamel erosion with Mountains®
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What is a “shell” or freeform surface?
  • News in brief: Events & products highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Fall 2018

  • Cover story: MountainsSPIP 8™: what’s inside the #1 toolbox for SPM data analysis?
  • Interview: The story behind MountainsSPIP™
  • Focus: Particle analysis has never been easier
  • License news: 5 reasons it may make sense to rent MountainsMap®
  • Research: Mountains® used in study on world’s oldest drawing
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Surface texture parameters: why so complex?
  • News in brief: Events highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Summer 2018

  • Cover story: Take SEM image analysis to new heights with Mountains® 8
  • Research: Understanding stem cell structure: a new method
  • STEM education: MountainsMap® in the classroom
  • Tools for AFM: From the image folder of an AFM practitioner
  • Surface metrology Q&A: How can I characterize lateral features?
  • News in brief: Events & product highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Spring 2018

  • Scale-sensitive fractal analysis: What it is and how to use it
  • Archeology: Surface parameters give clues to life in the Middle Stone Age
  • Microscopy: SEM 3D reconstruction: what accuracy can I expect?
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What is the Sdr parameter and when can it be used?
  • News in brief: Events & product highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Fall 2017

  • Customer story: 3D printing contest: the winning samples chosen by you
  • Semiconductors: Characterizing 3D structures at the nanoscale
  • How to: Add color to complex objects in SEM images
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Does it make sense to compare Ra & Sa values?
  • News in brief: Events & product highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Summer 2017

  • Customer story: Assessing the role of formulation spreading in sunscreen efficacy
  • SEM: Reflectometry or how to give your SEM images a 3D upgrade
  • Research: Toward improved integration of bioceramic implants
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Surface metrology quiz – test your knowledge
  • News in brief: Events & product highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Spring 2017

  • Surface metrology: Resolving the problem of surface defects
  • How to: 7 tips for producing SEM stereo pairs
  • Customer story: My first project with MountainsMap®
  • Surface metrology Q&A: What is form removal and why is it important?
  • News in brief: Events & product highlights
  • Social: What’s hot online?

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Fall 2016

  • Mountains® 7.4 software preview : Focus on new tools for electron microscopy
  • Materials science: Uncovering the huge potential of graphene oxide membranes
  • Semiconductor research: Characterizing the silicon dangling bond
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Does the function of a surface determine how I should characterize it?
  • News in brief: Events & product highlights
  • How to: 3D print your sample using Mountains®

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Summer 2016

  • Focus on SEM: 4 ways to get more out of your electron microscope data
  • Research:
    • Scientists characterize new wonder material silicene
    • Collagen degradation revealed by correlative Imaging
  • Surface metrology Q&A: Where should I read up on surface metrology?
  • News in brief: Events & product highlights
  • Customer story: Improving energy efficiency of car climate control

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Spring 2016

  • Grains & particles: 5 tips for analyzing micro and nanostructure
  • Research: A new window on local surface texture
  • What if my measurement data contains errors? Removing outliers and non-measured points
  • Using surface texture to understand the past Prehistoric human behavior under the microscope
  • How reliable is my data analysis software? 3 questions to our expert
  • News in brief Trade fairs & events highlights
  • Sfrax® or how a surface can look very different at different scales

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Fall 2015

  • What’s new in Mountains® 7.3?
    – for Surface topography
    – for Scanning Electron Microscopy
    – for Profile analysis
    – for Scanning Probe Microscopy
  • Research Using Mountains® to process STM/STS measurements
  • Surface metrology Q&A
    Profile standards are set to change: what you need to know
  • News in brief A look back at this summer’s shows
  • Coming soon Deconvoluting a multi-peak curve

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Summer 2015

  • Get more out of your SEM images
    – Simply click on each object in your image to colorize it
    – Denoise, apply filters and correct lighting
    – Quickly reconstruct 3D models from four, two or even single images
  • Surface metrology Q&A
  • Application focus: Quantitative Cathodoluminescence microscopy
  • Ten years with Mountains®

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Spring 2015

  • What’s new in Mountains® 7.2?
    – Superfast 3D reconstruction for SEMs
    – 3D color mapping of spectroscopy data
    – Surface visualization in real 3D with glasses
    – More versatile surface stitching
    – Ribbon customization
  • Leveling and form removal – new perspectives
  • Powerful filters for surface visualization and analysis
  • Surface metrology Q&A

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