The Nova is, in it’s normal configuration, a very versatile characterisation instrument. Capable of producing enlarged images of a variety of specimens and achieving magnifications of over 500.000 times with ultra high resolution imaging in both high and low vacuum.

The Nova has become highly evolved in it’s life at DTU Nanolab and it is possible to carry out advanced processes including in-situ experiments using heat, gas injection and probing. At the time being this microscope is mainly designated for advanced microstructural characterisation and particle analysis techniques using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) ,Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and forward scatter electron imaging by detectors recently bought from Bruker.