inXitu was a company based in Mountain View, California, which developed portable X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis instruments. The company name was a combination of the terms in situ and X-ray, portraying the company's dedication to developing X-ray instruments that could be easily transported to the original site of the material being analyzed.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | X-ray instrumentation |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Fate | Purchased by Olympus |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people |
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| Products | XRD/XRF portable instruments |
| Website | www |
Company history
editThe basis for inXitu began in 2003 when Philippe Sarrazin worked with NASA to file a patent on techniques used to develop the CheMin instrument for the Mars Curiosity rover.[1] Sarrazin left NASA to form inXitu Research, which received two Small Business Innovation Research grants from Ames Research Center in 2004 to continue work on CheMin.[1] inXitu Research merged with Microwave Power Technology (MPT) in 2007 and incorporated as inXitu, Inc.[2] MPT's research and development in high vacuum systems was meshed with inXitu's experience with XRD equipment, and in early 2008 the company released Terra, a commercial field-portable XRD/XRF instrument.[2] Bradley Boyer joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2008.[2][3] inXitu formed a partnership with Innov-X in December 2008, in which inXitu would manufacture XRD equipment for sale under the Innov-X brand name.[4]
Also in 2008, inXitu worked with the Getty Conservation Institute to develop X-Duetto, a portable and non-destructive XRD/XRF device used for the analysis of works of art.[5][6] It was commercially released as Duetto in mid 2009.[7][8] The company released the BTX instrument in mid 2009, which is a desktop XRD/XRF device developed from Terra;[6][9] the second generation BTX-II was released in early 2010.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mineral Analyzer Shakes Answers Out of Soil and Rocks". NASA Spinoff / Technology Transfer Program. NASA. 2017.
- ^ a b c "inXitu Story". Kromatek. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Bradley Boyer". LinkedIn. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Innov-X Systems & InXitu announce strategic alliance" (Press release). Olympus. 18 December 2008.
- ^ Chiari, Giacomo; Sarrazin, Philippe (2008). Portable Non-invasive XRD/XRF Instrument: A New Way of Looking at Objects Surface (PDF). 9th International Conference on NDT of Art. 25–30 May 2008. Jerusalem, Israel.
- ^ a b Wilkinson, Matt (26 February 2010). "Beyond terra firma". Chemistry World. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "inXitu introduces Duetto, a non-invasive, portable, XRD/XRF instrument for art conservation analysis" (Press release). PRLog. 29 May 2009.
- ^ Sarrazin, P.; Chiari, G.; Gailhanou, M. (2008). A Portable Non-invasive XRD-XRF Instrument for the Study of Art Objects (PDF). 52nd Denver X-ray Conference. 4–8 August 2008. Denver, Colorado. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- ^ "inXitu Introduces "BTX" a New Concept in X-Ray Diffraction Analysis" (Press release). PR.com. 15 May 2009.
- ^ "inXitu Introduces "BTX-II" the Next Generation in X-ray Diffraction Analysis" (Press release). PR.com. 5 February 2010.