Equipment
Low vacuum scanning electron microscope with iFIB
Quanta 200 3D is an environmental scanning electron microscope with double beams - electron and ion. The microscope is called "environmental" or "ESEM" because it allows you to work at different pressures and up to 100% humidity. At high vacuum, we can observe conductive samples (e.g. metal samples or non-conductive samples coated with a conductive layer). At low vacuum, we can observe both conductive and non-conductive samples without prior preparation. In "ESEM" mode, we can observe all types of samples (polymeric materials, ceramics, non-conductive surface layers, geological, biological and medical samples). It is also possible to observe wet, greasy and dirty samples (fresh plants, living beings or tissues) and in-situ processes. We can observe and process materials (etching the surface of the sample, cutting, polishing the cut surface, drawing various patterns on different materials and processing materials in the nano- and micro-area. Applying platinum protects the surface from damage caused by ionic cutting, allows more accurate cutting, reduces or eliminates the electrical charge of the non-conductive sample and allows conductive connections between the elements.
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