The Hysitron PI 89 SEM PicoIndenter leverages the advanced imaging capabilities of scanning electron microscopes (SEM, FIBSEM, PFIB), making it possible to perform quantitative nanomechanical testing while simultaneously imaging. PI 89 further advances Bruker's market-leading capacitive transducer technology, which enabled the first commercial in-situ SEM nanomechanics platforms. The new PI 89 Auto adds full automation to four techniques: EBSD, EDS, SEM imaging, and mechanical property mapping.
Techniques available on PI 89 include nanoindentation, tensile testing, pillar compression, particle compression, cantilever bending, fracture, fatigue, dynamic testing, and mechanical properties mapping.
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The compact design of Hysitron PI 89 allows for maximum stage tilt and minimum working distance to enable optimal imaging during testing. PI 89 offers researchers greater versatility and performance than competing systems:
Hysitron PI 89 utilizes Bruker’s proprietary sub-nanometer sensitivity transducer and piezo-driven flexure for intrinsically displacement-controlled and load-controlled tests:
In-situ mechanical data acquired with the Hysitron PI 89 are synchronized with SEM imaging and displayed side-by-side. This allows you to see the influence of defects, mechanical strain, and thermal or electrical stimuli on the performance, lifetime, and durability of engineered materials—from nanometer-to-micrometer scales. This synchronization enables a greater range of analyses:
Bruker's new Hysitron PI 89 Auto SEM PicoIndenter enables full automation of four techniques: EBSD, EDS, SEM imaging, and mechanical property mapping.
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Hysitron PI 89 supports a full suite of in-situ testing techniques and options, including nanoindentation, compressions, elevated temperature (>1000oC), cryogenic temperature, nanoTribology, electrical characterization, nanoDynamic, Push-to-Pull (PTP), direct-pull tension, Electrical Push-to-Pull (EPTP), high strain rate, and scanning probe microscopy imaging.
PI 89 offers rotation and tilt (R/T) stage configurations to give access to EBSD and other detectors. For full access to all detectors, the instrument should operated with an optimal stage configuration and working distance, and fixtures and cabling should not be obstructing any detectors.
Transducers and flexures are interchangeable components of PI 89. Transducers are available with an extended force range from 10 mN to 3.5 N. On PI 89, the Mechanically Amplified (MA) Flexure provides a 150 µm displacement range, and the Direct Drive (DD) Piezo Flexure provides a 30 µm displacement range with improved displacement control.
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PI 89 offers a broad catalog of tips in multiple geometries and materials, including diamond, sapphire, vanadium carbide, boron nitride, tungsten, and steel. Tips are selected according to test mode and sample material. Contact us for help selecting the appropriate tip for your research.
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