Centice Debuts Breakthrough Multimodal Multiplex Spectroscopy Technology at Pittcon 2006; Product Demonstrations Validate New Paradigm in Molecular Spectroscopy.

ORLANDO, Fla. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Centice Corporation, a pioneer in next generation sensor technology, is unveiling its breakthrough Multimodal Multiplex Spectroscopy(TM) (MMS) technology today at the 2006 PITTCON Conference in Orlando, Fl.

Centice is showcasing its MMS technology, providing 10 times to 100 times higher optical throughput compared with slit and fiber coupled spectrometers, in a paper presentation on Wednesday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m. in meeting room 206B. In addition, Centice is demonstrating its new MMS-based Raman and UV/Vis products distributed by Ocean Optics and Newport Corporation in booth No. 3910.

Spectroscopy is used in a broad variety of research and process applications, including material identification, quantitative analysis and quality control. Conventional spectrometers use a slit at the entrance to the light dispersing module. In these traditional designs, there is an inherent tradeoff between resolution and light throughput. While spectral resolution increases as slit width decreases, a narrow input slit greatly limits photon throughput and, likewise, measurement sensitivity.

In a paper titled, "High resolution and high throughput optical spectroscopy with Multimodal Multiplex Sampling," Dr. Prasant Potuluri, CTO of Centice, will explain the company's MMS technology that uses an encoded wide area aperture instead of a slit, thus providing extremely high throughput with no sacrifice in spectral resolution. The large area encoded aperture yields 3.5X to 12X the signal-to-noise (SNR) as compared with slit based instruments with equivalent resolution. This extreme sensitivity is achieved without compromising spectral resolution in UV/Vis, NIR, Raman and fluorescence measurement.

"Our MMS technology presents a new paradigm in molecular spectroscopy enabling researchers and industry to address new markets and a broad range of research and application-specific products," said Mike Sullivan, CEO of Centice. "Working with our partners, we have changed the way spectrometers operate by delivering unparalleled measurement sensitivity while holding sub-nanometer resolution."

On Jan. 23, 2006, Centice announced that two partners have incorporated the MMS technology into their product portfolios. Ocean Optics, a world leader in providing spectroscopy solutions, added to its spectroscopy portfolio through the co-branding and distribution of Centice MMS-based Raman spectrometer system. In addition, Newport Corporation, a worldwide leader in spectroscopy instruments, selected the MMS technology for its new spectrometer platform and is the first company to offer a UV-Vis spectrometer based on Centice technology.

"These partnerships are validation of the need in the optical-sensing market for next-generation technology solutions that well exceed today's conventional products," Sullivan said. "Our MSS technology is changing what people expect from optical sensors and expanding the horizon of possible applications."

At PITTCON, Centice will demonstrate both the Raman and the UV/Vis systems in the Orange County Convention Center in Centice's booth No. 3910, March 12 -17.

ABOUT CENTICE CORPORATION

Centice, founded in 2004, is commercializing a patent-pending computational sensor technology originally developed at Duke University. Centice leverages this technology with its expertise in instrument design to produce a portfolio of high sensitivity optical sensing modules for the analytical, life sciences, medical and pharmaceutical industries. More information on Centice can be found at http://www.centice.com.