摘要:
The invention relates to a method of producing a freestanding thin film of nano-crystalline graphite, the method comprising the steps of: • providing a freestanding thin film of amorphous carbon, • heating the freestanding thin film to a high temperature in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum; and • allowing the freestanding thin film to cool down, as a result of which a freestanding thin film of nano-crystalline graphite is formed. Thin films of amorphous carbon are well known and are used in, for example, phase plates in a Transmission Electron Microscope, or as specimen carrier (figure 5A). A disadvantage is that exposure of the film to the electron beam may result in electronic changes in the film, resulting in so-called foot-prints (504). Using crystalline graphitic films overcomes this problem, but the size of the crystals, typically in the order of micrometers, interferes with high quality imaging. There is thus a need for nano-crystalline graphitic carbon film. The invention discloses how these films can be prepared, and discloses some uses for such films. As seen in figure 5B, no footprints occur.
摘要:
A method of examining a sample in a charged-particle microscope of a scanning transmission type, comprising the following steps: - Providing a beam of charged particles that is directed from a source through an illuminator so as to irradiate the sample; - Providing a detector for detecting a flux of charged particles traversing the sample; - Causing said beam to scan across a surface of the sample, and recording an output of the detector as a function of scan position, resulting in accumulation of a charged-particle image of the sample,
which method further comprises the following steps: - Embodying the detector to comprise a plurality of detection segments; - Combining signals from different segments of the detector so as to produce a vector output from the detector at each scan position, and compiling this data to yield a vector field; - Mathematically processing said vector field by subjecting it to a two-dimensional integration operation, thereby producing an integrated vector field image.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of producing a freestanding thin film of nano-crystalline graphite, the method comprising the steps of: • providing a freestanding thin film of amorphous carbon, • heating the freestanding thin film to a high temperature in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum; and • allowing the freestanding thin film to cool down, as a result of which a freestanding thin film of nano-crystalline graphite is formed. Thin films of amorphous carbon are well known and are used in, for example, phase plates in a Transmission Electron Microscope, or as specimen carrier (figure 5A). A disadvantage is that exposure of the film to the electron beam may result in electronic changes in the film, resulting in so-called foot-prints (504). Using crystalline graphitic films overcomes this problem, but the size of the crystals, typically in the order of micrometers, interferes with high quality imaging. There is thus a need for nano-crystalline graphitic carbon film. The invention discloses how these films can be prepared, and discloses some uses for such films. As seen in figure 5B, no footprints occur.
摘要:
A method of preparing a sample for study in a charged-particle microscope, comprising the following steps: - Providing a substantially plate-like sample holder having opposed first and second major surfaces substantially parallel to one another, comprising at least one aperture that connects said major surfaces and across which a membrane has been spanned upon said first major surface, which membrane comprises at least one perforation; - Spanning a film of aqueous liquid across said perforation, which liquid comprises at least one study specimen suspended therein; - Plunging the sample holder onto a bath of cryogen, whereby the sample holder is held with said first major surface pointing toward the cryogen and arranged substantially parallel to an exposed surface of the cryogen,
further comprising the following step: - Applying a blast of cryogenic fluid to said film from a nozzle pointing toward said second major surface, immediately prior to the film making contact with said cryogen.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of producing a freestanding thin film of nano-crystalline graphite, the method comprising the steps of: €¢ providing a freestanding thin film of amorphous carbon, €¢ heating the freestanding thin film to a high temperature in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum; and €¢ allowing the freestanding thin film to cool down, as a result of which a freestanding thin film of nano-crystalline graphite is formed. Thin films of amorphous carbon are well known and are used in, for example, phase plates in a Transmission Electron Microscope, or as specimen carrier (figure 5A). A disadvantage is that exposure of the film to the electron beam may result in electronic changes in the film, resulting in so-called foot-prints (504). Using crystalline graphitic films overcomes this problem, but the size of the crystals, typically in the order of micrometers, interferes with high quality imaging. There is thus a need for nano-crystalline graphitic carbon film. The invention discloses how these films can be prepared, and discloses some uses for such films. As seen in figure 5B, no footprints occur.
摘要:
A method of examining a sample in a charged-particle microscope of a scanning transmission type, comprising the following steps: - Providing a beam of charged particles that is directed from a source through an illuminator so as to irradiate the sample; - Providing a detector for detecting a flux of charged particles traversing the sample; - Causing said beam to scan across a surface of the sample, and recording an output of the detector as a function of scan position, resulting in accumulation of a charged-particle image of the sample,
which method further comprises the following steps: - Embodying the detector to comprise a plurality of detection segments; - Combining signals from different segments of the detector so as to produce a vector output from the detector at each scan position, and compiling this data to yield a vector field; - Mathematically processing said vector field by subjecting it to a two-dimensional integration operation, thereby producing an integrated vector field image.