Structure Probe, Inc.

Structure Probe, Inc. was founded in April, 1970 by Charles A. Garber, Ph. D., who was President and Chief Executive Officer of the firm until his death in September 2007. Mrs. Violet Garber is the current President and CEO.

From the starting point of one of the first scanning electron microscopes commercially imported into the USA and three employees, Dr. Garber directed the company's growth into a facility with 30+ employees and thousands of dollars worth of electron optical equipment. Over the years, our analytical equipment capabilities have been expanded to include other types of electron optical instrumentation such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis (EDS) instrumentation. With our in-house instrumentation we can provide images covering a wide range of materials, from life sciences to the materials sciences, and from relatively large samples and features down the very finest of nanostructures ever seen. We also have facilities for performing light microscopy, ultramicrotomy (room temperature and cryo), vacuum deposition, ion milling, and a variety of other techniques including osmium plasma coating of SEM samples for those requiring the very highest resolution. Few independent analytical and testing laboratories can offer such a powerful combined capability today. Although for many years we presented ourselves as Specialists in Materials Research, today we are equally comfortable and experienced with a wide range of life science samples as well as medical devices and biomaterials. Our failure analysis reports are used in legal cases internationally and a final report from the Structure Probe staff is respected and accepted globally.