Specialized in situ STEM holders and interfaces for compatible Nion ULTRASTEM and HERMES workflows.
Hummingbird Scientific supports compatible Nion (now a wholly owned subsidiary of Bruker Corporation) ULTRASTEM and HERMES scanning transmission electron microscopes with systems for electrical biasing, MEMS heating, air-sensitive sample transfer, tomography, and custom experimental workflows. Hummingbird’s existing Nion-compatible product collection includes Air-free Transfer, Electrical Biasing, Heating Biasing, and Tomography systems.
Product fit depends on the microscope and stage configuration, holder access, sample format, electrical connections, controller requirements, and intended experiment. Contact Hummingbird for confirmation of the appropriate standard or custom system, interface, and purchase path.
Hummingbird products for Nion microscopes
STEM products
Browse Hummingbird in situ STEM holders and systems available for compatible Nion configurations, including electrical biasing, MEMS heating, air-free transfer, tomography, and custom experimental hardware.
How to buy a Hummingbird product for your Nion microscope
Customers can purchase directly from Hummingbird Scientific. For a new or existing Nion microscope project, Hummingbird reviews the stage and holder interface, sample format, electrical connections, controller requirements, and any installation or workflow considerations before quotation. Click the button below to request a quote. If you would like to bundle your holder into a quote with a Nion product, let us know in the form and reach out to your Bruker-Nion representative.
Information for OEM sales and applications teams
Supporting a Nion customer who needs a specialized in situ STEM holder or interface? Hummingbird can review the application and instrument configuration, recommend relevant products, provide technical specifications and quotation support, and involve applications or engineering staff when custom development is required.
- Full catalog of Nion-compatible products.
- Model, chamber, or holder-interface compatibility available upon request.
- Product specifications and quotation support available upon request.
- Hummingbird sales, applications, or engineering personnel available for direct consultation.
Why Hummingbird for Nion microscopes?
Nion STEM experiments often involve specialized samples, devices, electrical connections, thermal conditions, transfer requirements, or acquisition workflows. Hummingbird develops the holder and supporting system around the microscope interface and the specific experiment.
- Specialized STEM configurations: Hummingbird supports electrical, thermal, air-sensitive transfer, tomography, and custom specimen workflows for compatible Nion platforms.
- Microscope-specific engineering: Stage access, holder geometry, sample carriers, electrical routing, controllers, and experimental requirements are considered together.
- Developed in-house: Mechanical and electrical design, precision machining, microfabrication, assembly, controls, calibration, and microscopy testing remain connected.
- Direct technical access: Customers and microscope teams can work with the people who design, build, test, and support the system.
Cross-platform and custom engineering
Specialized device, electrical, thermal, and atomic-resolution experiments may require more than a standard holder configuration. Hummingbird can evaluate custom sample carriers, electrical routing, air-sensitive transfer tools, controllers, modified holder tips, and stage-specific mechanical interfaces for compatible Nion microscopes.
If samples or devices must move between instruments, related carriers, transfer hardware, and experimental interfaces can be developed to preserve the sample configuration or handling conditions where practical.
When an existing product does not meet the requirement, Hummingbird can define the holder geometry, sample format, electrical and control hardware, and workflow path around the experiment.
Hummingbird Connect™ for Nion workflows
Hummingbird Connect™ is Hummingbird Scientific’s pathway incorporating in situ hardware data into the microscope workflow. Holder conditions, controller states, experiment settings, timing, and sample information become part of the experimental record instead of remaining separate from acquisition and analysis.
For Bruker-Nion platforms, the Hummingbird Connect™ development path is centered on Nion Swift and its Python-based scripting and extension environment. Nion Swift is an open-source microscopy software environment with APIs for data, metadata, instrument access, hardware control, scripting, and extensions. This provides a relevant foundation for connected experimental records, custom sequencing, and future automation.
Hummingbird Connect™ aligns Hummingbird holder conditions, experiment settings, timestamps, and controller data with acquisition, visualization, analysis, and laboratory-developed scripts.
STEM products for Nion microscopes
Frequently asked questions
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Can you build a custom sample holder for a unique experiment or non-standard microscope configuration?
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Can I bundle a Hummingbird holder with a new NION microscope purchase?