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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Tecnai™ FEI Company (Thermo Fisher Scientific) Tecnai F30

Basic Information

Name: Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Tecnai™
Manufacturer: FEI Company (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Model: Tecnai F30
Facility: Micro- and Nanostructures
Partner: Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)

Description

Operates at 300 kV accelerating voltage and is equipped with:

  • Field emission gun (FEG)
  • Super-twin alpha objective lens
  • Scanning unit (STEM) with bright field (BF), dark field (DF), and high angle annular dark field (HAADF) detector
  • Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDXS) (Edax EDAMIII with super ultra thin window)
  • Imaging energy filter (Gatan GIF 200)
  • Multiscan CCD camera (Gatan MSC 794)
  • Integrated programmable user interface for all components

Link to Further Details

https://www.ifw-dresden.de/institutes/ikm/research-teams-and-topics/micro-and-nanostructures/equipment-at-the-dept/tem-tecnai-f30/

Points of Contact

Dr. Thomas Gemming/ Mrs. B. Präßler-Wüstling (Sec.)
Email:
Phone:
+49 (0) 351 4659-217
Fax:
+49 (0) 351 4659-452

Notes

Performance of our Tecnai F30:

Specimens: Thickness 5 - 300 nm,
diameter 3 mm
Holders: Single tilt low background (+- 40° tilt),
double tilt low background,
double tilt low background with cooling (liquid N2),
double tilt rotation holder,
in-situ straining holder,
in-situ STM holder
Resolution: Point res. 0.19 nm,
Information limit 0.12 nm
Magnification: 70 x - 18 Mill. x
STEM: Resolution 0.2 nm (Mag. up to 230 Mill. x)
BF-, DF-, HAADF-detectors
EDXS: Lateral resolution < 2 nm. Detection of all chemical elements with Z >= 5 (Bor), detection limit 0.5 %, correctness 20 %
EELS: Lateral resolution < 1 nm. Energy resolution < 1 eV. Especially effective for light elements (e.g. B, C, N, O), detection limit very matrix dependent, >= 0.5 %, correctness 30 %
Energy filtered imaging: Lateral resolution < 1 nm, energy resolution about 1 eV.

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Last Update

Last updated at: 13 July 2017 at 11:54:15