摘要:
A TEM grid provides posts having steps, the steps increasing the number of samples that can be attached to the grid. In some embodiments, each post includes a one sided stair step configuration. A method of extracting multiple samples includes extracting samples and attaching the samples to the different stair steps on the posts.
摘要:
Provided is a sample micromotion mechanism adapted to minimize an influence of a disturbance and adjust a sample drift rapidly and with high accuracy, and designed so as to be a compact, easy-to-place sample micromotion mechanism of a side-entry type that suppresses the occurrence of the sample drift and generates/displays high-resolution monitoring images and precisely drawn patterns. A charged particle device employing the sample micromotion mechanism is also provided. In the charged particle device, the sample micromotion mechanism operates followed by deformation which causes a strain. A strain measuring unit measures such strain. The sample micromotion mechanism imparts micromotion so as to reduce the strain in accordance with the measured strain value, thereby reducing deformation of the sample micromotion mechanism.
摘要:
In an upper main body (21) of a sample holder (20), a laminate of an insulative thin film (11) and a secondary electron emission protective thin film (12) is provided. An electron beam (41) emitted from an electron gun (40) enters the secondary electron emission protective thin film side. The undersurface of the insulative thin film (11) is a sample adhesion surface, where a sample (30) to be an observation target is held by adsorption or the like. The secondary electron emission protective thin film (12) is made of a material having a low secondary electron emission coefficient δ and, preferably, is non-insulative. That is, the secondary electron emission protective thin film (12) is conductive even though the electric resistance is high. Accordingly, the charge level of a site irradiated with the electron beam has a low charge level.
摘要:
Electron microscope support structures and methods of making and using same. The support structures are generally constructed using semiconductor materials and semiconductor manufacturing processes. The temperature of the support structure may be controlled and/or gases or liquids may be confined in the observation region for reactions and/or imaging.
摘要:
An Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope suffers from gas-induced resolution deterioration. It is found that this deterioration was not a function of the current density on the sample, but of the total current of the beam of electrons. Inventors conclude that the deterioration is due to ionization of gas in the sample chamber of the ETEM, and propose to use an electric field in the sample chamber to remove the ionized gas, thereby diminishing the gas-induced resolution deterioration. The electric field need not be a strong field, and can be caused by, for example, biasing the sample 114 with respect to the sample chamber 138. A bias voltage of 100 V applied via voltage source 144 is sufficient for a marked improvement the gas-induced resolution deterioration. Polarization is not important. Alternatively an electric field perpendicular to the optical axis 104 can be used, for example by placing an electrically biased wire or gauze 154 off-axis in the sample chamber.
摘要:
A method of examining a sample using a combined charged-particle microscope (4) and Raman spectroscope (6) , whereby: - Said microscope irradiates a sample (S) with a beam of charged particles so as to image a region of the sample; - Said spectroscope employs a light spot of width D to radiatively stimulate and spectroscopically analyze a portion of the sample,
which method comprises the following steps: - Using the charged-particle microscope to identify a feature of interest in said region; - Choosing said portion that is analyzed by the Raman spectroscope to comprise this feature,
wherein: - Said feature has at least one lateral dimension smaller than D; - Prior to analysis of said feature using the Raman spectroscope, an in situ surface modification technique is used to cause positive discrimination of an expected Raman signal from said feature relative to an expected Raman signal from said portion other than said feature.