ABOUT DIRECT ELECTRON - Direct Electron

DIRECT ELECTRON: TRANSFORMING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SINCE 2007

Direct Electron was founded in 2007 with the specific aim of developing and delivering ultra-high performance cameras for electron microscopy (EM).

Our vision—Innovation Propelling Discovery—focuses our effort on our customers. We combine relevant technological innovation with unique features and a commitment to an unprecedented level of customer service. Ultimately, our technology empowers customers to achieve better science, faster.

Our pioneering Direct Detection Device (DDD®) camera technology expands the frontiers of what is possible and gives our customers a competitive edge.

Direct Electron continues to aggressively push the boundaries of EM camera technology. Our research and development springs out of partnerships between public organizations, academia, and industry. For example, our pioneering Direct Detection Device was developed in collaboration with the University of California San Diego (UCSD) with generous support from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

INNOVATION

Our passion is innovation. Working in partnership with academia and public/private institutions, Direct Electron continues to deliver a stream of innovations for TEM.

PROPELLING

Direct Electron’s service and support set us apart. Working together, we can help maximize your productivity and propel you towards your next discovery.

discovery

Remove the limits imposed by your equipment. Our cameras are uniquely designed to deliver the highest quality results for a wide-range of TEM experiments.

Industry Firsts

First to develop direct detection for TEM.
First to develop and demonstrate single electron counting using a direct detection camera.
First to directly visualize beam-induced specimen movement of cryo specimens.
First to demonstrate large-format, high-speed in situ movie acquisition with a direct detector.

First to demonstrate electron tomography with a direct detector.
First to demonstrate cryo-EM 3D reconstructions reaching resolution beyond 3/4 Nyquist.
First to demonstrate a near-atomic resolution cryo-EM 3D reconstruction using a direct detector.
First to demonstrate energy filtered TEM (EFTEM) with a direct detection camera and movie-mode.

First to develop and demonstrate drift correction using the movies from a direct detector.
First to attain subnanometer resolution 3D reconstructions using images collected at less than 40k× magnification.
First to develop and use "damage compensation" (radiation damage weighted filtering of movie frames to improve SNR across a broad range of spatial frequencies).
First to develop and offer an 8k × 8k direct detection camera.

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