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Gold Coated Microscope Slides





Where can I purchase microscope slides coated with 100nm gold (preferably on 5 nm of chromium) for research purposes?

Sofia Trakhtenberg
MIT - Cambridge, Massachusetts
2001

Ed. note: This RFQ is outdated, but technical replies are welcome, and readers are encouraged to post their own RFQs. But no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?).




A. Considering the combination and thickness of layers, you may be looking for a sputter deposition (PVD) process. Look for a sputter deposition [shop].

Mandar Sunthankar
- Fort Collins, Colorado


Q. Hi there~~~I am wondering if I can find the aluminum coated microscope slides. Please let me know where I can get them~~thank you so much!

Chiapin Chang
- Arlington, Virginia
2001


Try EMF Corporation in Ithaca, NY.

Anthony G. Frutos
- Corning, New York


You can get them from Asylum Research.

Terry Mehr
- Santa Barbara, California


You can get them from Ssens bv.

Luuk Groenewoud
- Hengelo, OV, Netherlands


You can find them at Platypus Technologies.

Minnie Gupta
- Madison, Wisconsin




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