Electron Microscopy Resources

(1) FEI BioTwinG2 Transmission Electron Microscope  (Life Sciences building)

FEI BioTwinG2 Transmission Electron Microscope

  • Acceleration voltage of 120kV.
  • Goniometer/stage tilt capability.
  • Side-mount AMT XR-60 CCD digital camera system for acquiring digital images.
  • Film capability

(2) JEOL JEM 1400 Transmission Electron Microscope  (AERTC building)

JEOL JEM 1400 Transmission Electron Microscope

  • La B6 filament
  • Resolution: 0.2nm/0.38nm(Lattice Image/Point Image)
  • Accelerating Voltage up to 120kV
  • Magnification(Mag mode/Low Mag mode): x5K-2M/x120-4K
  • Specimen Stage: microactive goniometer with piezo drives
  • Specimen Chamber(Specimen per Load/specimen Tilt Angle): 1/±25°(±70° with optional holder)
  • Equipped with Anti-contamination Device and Cryofin
  • Bottom-mount Gatan Orius SC1000B CCD camera
  • Equipped with energy dispersive X-ray and Oxford X-MAX 80T detector

(3) Zeiss Crossbeam 340 focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-SEM, AERTC building)

Zeiss Crossbeam 340 focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope

  • FE-SEM, High Vacuum or Variable pressure mode available
  • Multiple detectors available: InLens Duo(SE and BSE), SE2, VPSE
  • Capella FIB column with Ga-Liquid metal ion source
  • Resolution at 30kV:3nm ,Voltage range:500V-30kV, Probe Current range: 1pA-100nA        
  • Equipped with Micromanipulator, capable of TEM lamellas specimen preparation
  • Gas Injection System of Platinum precursor
  • Oxford EDAX and EBSD detectors
  • Equipped with Leica Cryo system
  • Equipped with Atlas5, a powerful integrated software, capable of 3D tomography imaging and nano-patterning process

(4) Sample Preparation (Life Sciences building and AERTC building)

  • Leica EM UC7 Ultramicrotome
  • Leica EM UC7/FC7 Ultramicrotome and Cryo-ultramicrotome
  • Freeze Plunger FEI Vitrobot
  • High Vacuum Coater/Freeze Fracture Unit Leica EM ACE 600:
  • Equipped with cryo-transfer SEM sample holder(Leika VCT 100) for Cryo-SEM sample prep
  • Turbo Freeze Drier EMS 775
  • Cryo Transfer TEM Specimen Holder(Gatan Gat-626)