Biotechnology/Micro-Fluidics/Life SciencesThe Biotechnology industry has found a strong need for the Zeta 20 because it can serve as both an optical profilometer as well as a 3D imaging system. This allows the user to gather accurate quantitative data on Biotech microstructures and generate true-color 3D sample visualizations simultaneously. The non-contact, optical-based metrology of the Zeta 20 requires little or no sample preparation, and its non-destructive data collection method takes a small fraction of the time required by SEM or AFM.
Biotechnology applications such as gene sequencing make use of micron-scale fluid channels that route and filter chemical compounds. These structures generally cover large areas and employ extreme features with high aspect ratios. The physical nature of these microscopic structures makes them very difficult to analyze properly using stylus profilers or atomic force microscopes, but are easily handled by the Zeta 20.
Life Science applications often involve relatively large, delicate features that reside on soft samples. This makes contact-based metrology tools unsuitable and the use of SEM requires the destruction of the sample during preparation. The Zeta 20 can quickly and easily measure these types of samples without damaging them or requiring extensive preparation.