Dr. Rick Russo Presents Technical Seminar on LIBS and LA-ICP-MS at Applied Materials

FREMONT, Calif. (November 2, 2010) — Applied Spectra’s President and CEO, Richard Russo, Ph.D, presented a company-wide Distinguished Speaker Engineering & Technology seminar today at Applied Materials, Inc.

During the seminar, entitled “Real-time, In Process Chemical Analysis for Clean Energy Manufacturing,” Dr. Russo provided an overview of LIBS and LA-ICP-MS * technologies, in which he described the fundamental principles, recent advances and commercially available systems, along with several industrial applications for LIBS and LA-ICP-MS. This seminar has the honor of being the highest level technical seminar at Applied Materials, organized by the office of CTO and hosted by key product groups.

A detailed description the seminar is available at Applied Material’s Blog at http://blog.appliedmaterials.com/real-time-process-chemical-analysis-clean-energy-manufacturing

For a copy of the presented material, please contact Ms. Cindi Giles at .

* LIBS: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Femtosecond LA: Femtosecond Laser Ablation

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About Applied Spectra

Applied Spectra is a leading supplier of laser-based analytical instruments. Our unique, highly automated products harness the latest in laser ablation analysis techniques. We simplify the process of elemental chemical analysis, while delivering rapid, high-precision results that are environmentally friendly. Founded in 2004, we have a manufacturing, research and development facility in Fremont, CA, USA.

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