Quantum Design Hosts Inaugural Winter School Session

QD launched our new yearly Winter School at our San Diego headquarters. Led by application scientists Randy Dumas and Darius Choksy, six exceptional users of our PPMS and MPMS 3 platforms were offered a unique opportunity to experience a week of advanced measurement training.

Quantum Design Accepts R&D 100 Award at Gala Dinner!

Quantum Design accepted the R&D 100 Award at the annual R&D 100 Awards Gala on November 16, 2023. The award was given to Quantum Design for the development of the FusionScope®, chosen as a true innovation in its field. Several members of the FusionScope team were there to celebrate and accept the award. To see photos of the event, click here.

FusionScope Makes the Cover of the November Issue of Microscopy Today

Quantum Design Microscopy is incredibly proud not only to have their most recent article accepted for publication by Microscopy Today, but also asked to be the cover image. FusionScope is truly an innovative solution for correlative AFM/SEM microscopy, and placement in prestigious journals like Microscopy Today will help to spread the word about this robust, easy-to-use technology.

Why Discovery Labs are so Important to Students and Communities

Experience the inside story of our newest Teaching and Materials Discovery Lab, located in the physics department at CSUSM. Watch our new video to learn about the positive effects opportunities like this provide to students and their communities.

FusionScope Wins R&D 100 Award for 2023!

Quantum Design is incredibly proud to announce that the FusionScope has won the prestigious R&D 100 Award for 2023 in the Analytical/Test Category. For details about the award and the 2023 R&D 100 Gala Banquet to be held in San Diego, Calif. on November 16, click here.

Quantum Design Joins Grand Opening Celebration at CSU San Marcos

Quantum Design joined CSU San Marcos and co-sponsor Lake Shore Cryotronics to celebrate the grand opening of the Teaching and Materials Discovery Lab. The ribbon cutting ceremony was preceded by symposium presentations on the importance of teaching physics to undergraduate students using modern, research-grade instruments. Read our press release, and view event photos.

FusionScope Goes Viral on LinkedIn!

LinkedIn users were captivated with a video of the AFM tip scanning over a gold nanoparticle surface in real-time - made possible with FusionScope's Profile View. Visit fusionscope.com to learn more about our innovative AFM/SEM correlative microscopy system.

5th Annual Helium Conservation Day

Quantum Design's Vice President of Strategy and Innovation, Stefano Spagna, and UCSD Professor Brian Maple discuss the importance of helium conservation.

Watch the story of FusionScope's development!

Our team of researchers, engineers and software developers share their experience in designing and launching this innovative, easy-to-use instrument.

FusionScope™ Successfully Installed at Quantum Design Japan Offices

This week QD Japan became the proud home of a new FusionScope. The microscopy team received training from product manager Jeff Gardiner. The QD Japan team is excited to have a working FusionScope which they can use to demonstrate innovative, easy-to-use correlative microscopy.

New FusionScope Application Note Available on Bone Collagen

Correlative In-Situ AFM & SEM Analysis of Bone Collagen at the Nanoscale – Learn how to extract real 3D topography on hard to reach sample areas with sub-nanometer resolution and correlative SEM imaging.

Quantum Design Receives New Patent for OptiCool

Quantum Design Receives New Patent for OptiCool! A patent entitled "A Low Vibration Cryocooled Cryostat" has been awarded by the US patent office to Quantum Design. The three inventors Dinesh Martien, Will Neils and Randy Black are pictured with the patent.

Quantum Design Launches FusionScope – A New Correlative Microscope!

Quantum Design is very proud to announce the launch of FusionScope, an innovative correlative microscope that combines the power of AFM with the benefits of SEM imaging. Designed from the ground up ...

4th Annual Helium Conservation Day, July 10, 2022

4th Annual Helium Conservation Day, July 10, 2022: 5 Fast Facts about Recycling Helium with Quantum Design. To learn more, visit HeliumRecycling.qdusa.com.

Quantum Design International and Spin-Ion Technologies Announce Distribution Agreement

Quantum Design International has entered into an agreement with Spin-Ion Technologies, a manufacturer of Helium Ion Beam material processing systems headquartered in Palaiseau, France.

Quantum Design Celebrates 40 Years!

On April 12th, Quantum Design celebrated its 40th year in business at a small gathering of its employees in San Diego. To view a video timeline of Quantum Design's history and product development, please click here. Photos from the event can be seen here.

Please join Quantum Design in celebrating the 3rd annual Helium Conservation Day! Learn more about our helium recycling technology at HeliumRecycling.qdusa.com.

 

Quantum Design Expands Education Initiative at Prairie View A&M University

Quantum Design has announced Prairie View A&M University in Texas as the winner of the Quantum Design Teaching Laboratory award for 2021. The award comes with the donation of a PPMS VersaLab ...

Quantum Design Introduces Its Next Generation of Helium Liquefiers and Recovery Systems

Quantum Design is excited to announce a new generation of helium liquefiers and purifiers that will greatly improve the helium recycling experience. To learn more, visit our microsite or read our product announcement.

Cryogenic Community Celebrates Helium Conservation Day 2020

Quantum Design joins other cryogenic companies and institutions to once again celebrate July 10th as Helium Conservation Day.

Quantum Design Partners with Chicago Quantum Exchange

Quantum Design is pleased to announce its partnership with the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), a growing intellectual hub for the research and development of quantum technology.

Story of OptiCool Development Published in Physics World

The physicists responsible for the design and development of OptiCool – Quantum Design's 7 T magneto-optical cryostat – were recently interviewed by Physics World.

Quantum Design Product Update (March 2020)

QD is sorry to miss seeing you at recent and upcoming cancelled conferences. To inform you of recent product developments, please view our 2020 Product Update Presentation.

Quantum Design International Now Distributing das-Nano Products

Quantum Design is excited to announce that it will now distribute products manufactured by das-Nano, an innovative science and technology company manufacturing Terahertz characterization systems.

Quantum Design and Sumitomo Cryogenics of America, Inc. Announce Collaboration

Quantum Design (QD) and Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. (SCAI) announce their collaboration to launch a new variable speed helium compressor …

Quantum Design Guests on Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination "Into the Impossible" Podcast

Dr. Stefano Spagna (CTO) and Ivy Lum Fipps (Dilution Refrigerator Final Test Engineer) were interviewed on the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination podcast "Into the Impossible"...

Quantum Design Takes Part in Quantum Innovation Workshop

Quantum Design took part in a workshop, held by the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), to identify cryogenic technology advances that will enable a ten-fold improvement...

Quantum Design China Holds Seventh Annual Users' Seminar

This month, Quantum Design China held its seventh annual users' seminar at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. October 10th is the centenary of the academician Chaosheng Hong, one of the pioneers...

2019 Greg DeGeller QD Education Award Winner Announced

This year's Greg DeGeller award recipient is Silvia Sherman, a student working toward her B.S. in Applied Physics at California State University, San Marcos.

Adoption of OptiCool in Research Laboratories

The OptiCool, named one of the most innovative products introduced in 2018 by R&D 100 magazine, is now being adopted by leading optics and photonics research laboratories around the globe.

New van der Pauw – Hall Transport Option Now Available

Expanding on the existing transport capabilities in the PPMS family of instruments, the van der Pauw – Hall Option enables the efficient measurement of both the van der Pauw resistivity and Hall coefficient...

QD Japan and Tohoku University Open Joint Laboratory

Quantum Design Japan and Tohoku University have set up a collaboration lab within Tohoku University, named the "Quantum Design Japan Physical Property Measurement Laboratory."

Quantum Design Takes Part in "Correlated Electron Materials" Symposium

Quantum Design took part in a unique symposium entitled "Correlated Electron Material"” (see maplefest2019.ucsd.edu) which was held in conjunction with a celebration honoring the 50 year career of ...

Quantum Design Launches Worldwide Helium Conservation Day

Quantum Design has designated July 10th as Helium Conservation Day to raise awareness of this valuable resource. July 10th is the 111th anniversary of the ground-breaking work by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes ...

Angstrom Scientific will distribute AFSEM in North America

Quantum Design International (QDI) announces the appointment of Angstrom Scientific Inc., as the North American distributor for the Quantum Design/GETec AFSEM, an AFM designed to provide in-situ studies ...

Quantum Design International Announces Acquisition of GETec

Quantum Design International is proud to announce its acquisition of GETec, an Austrian company specializing in atomic force microscopy (AFM) instrumentation.

Quantum Design Takes Part in Workshop and Teaching Lab Inauguration

On May 15th, 2019 a workshop entitled "Undergraduate Physics Laboratory in the 21st Century" was held in conjunction with the inauguration of the "Quantum Design Materials Discovery and Teaching Lab" ...

Quantum Design's OptiCool™ Announced R&D 100 Winner!

Quantum Design is proud to announce that OptiCool was named a winner of the R&D 100 Award for 2018 in the category of Analytical/Test.

2018 Greg DeGeller QD Education Award for Best Student Submission – Josefa Gregorio

Recognizing the value of providing a wide range of educational modules on its education-focused website, Quantum Design (QD) recently awarded...

Quantum Design Donates VersaLab™ to Columbia University Physics Department

Quantum Design's gift will foster transformative education and discoveries by enabling Columbia faculty and students to use a modern tool to better...

Quantum Design Announces New OptiCool™ Platform

Quantum Design is proud to announce the introduction of our new 7 tesla magneto-optical platform. OptiCool is a new, revolutionary optical cryostat...

Quantum Design Applications Team Hosts Seminars

The Quantum Design Applications Team has been traveling across the world in 2017 to host seminars educating users on our latest measurement options.

Quantum Design Recognized on Donor Wall at San Diego State University

Quantum Design has been recognized on the Campus Donor Wall for financial contributions totaling $273,000 to San Diego State University (SDSU).

Quantum Design Co-Founder Dr. Michael Simmonds Receives 2016 IEEE Award

Dr. Michael Simmonds, co-founder of Quantum Design, received the IEEE Award for Continuing Contributions in the Field of Applied Superconductivity...

Quantum Design Hosts Tour for International Cryocooler Conference (ICC 19)

Quantum Design, a member of the Cryogenic Society of America (CSA), offered a private tour of its headquarters on June 23rd, to International Cryocooler...

Quantum Design International Moves into New Headquarters

In June of this year, Quantum Design International moved its global headquarters to be closer to its manufacturing facilities thereby creating...

Quantum Design Hosts Tours for MMM-Intermag Conference

Quantum Design hosted tours for attendees of the MMM-Intermag Conference that was held in San Diego, California on January 11-15. The tours occurred...

Quantum Design Hosts Tour for Big Ideas Workshop

Quantum Design hosted a tour for attendees of the Big ideas in Quantum Materials Workshop that was held in La Jolla, California on December 14-17.

Quantum Design Announces New Website to Promote Science Education

Quantum Design believes in the importance of innovations for educating tomorrow's scientists and engineers, especially in the fields of...

Jerry Sanders visits Quantum Design on behalf of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce

Greg DeGeller (President of QD), Jerry Sanders (President & CEO, San Diego Chamber of Commerce), Dave Schultz (CFO of QD), and Martin Kugler (COO of QD).