Electron microscopy techniques

Environmental scanning electron microscope

The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) that allows for the option of collecting electron micrographs of specimens that are wet, uncoated, or both by allowing for a gaseous environment in the specimen chamber. Although there were earlier successes at viewing wet specimens in internal chambers in modified SEMs, the ESEM with its specialized electron detectors (rather than the standard Everhart-Thornley detector) and its differential pumping systems, to allow for the transfer of the electron beam from the high vacuum in the gun area to the high pressure attainable in its specimen chamber, make it a complete and unique instrument designed for the purpose of imaging specimens in their natural state. The instrument was designed originally by Gerasimos Danilatos while working at the University of New South Wales. (Wikipedia).

Environmental scanning electron microscope
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DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Overview

Today, I finally produced an image with my DIY scanning electron microscope. I've spent the last few months working on this project, and am encouraged by today's success. There is still a lot of work left to do in making the image higher resolution, and eliminating sources of noise, howe

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DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Operation procedure

After getting back from Maker Faire (which is always a hugely enjoyable and inspiring event), I thought that my microscope might need some repairs. As it turned out, I only had to change the filament and tighten some screws that came loose during the trip back from the Faire. The microsc

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Electron beam control in a scanning electron microscope

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DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Electron Gun Detail

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DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Sources, Costs and References

Please visit my blog post to see the references and sources for this project: http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-scanning-electron-microscope_26.html

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Atoms in Action with Professor Pratibha Gai

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Electron Microscopy (TEM and SEM)

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Electron microscope image capture with an oscilloscope

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Mod-04 Lec-40 Concluding Lecture

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Materialism Podcast Ep 10. Seeing with Electrons

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Microscopes: optical vs SEM vs TEM vs AFM

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The Electron Microscope: Where did it come from? | Stuff of Genius

Once we exhausted the ability to magnify objects through the use of light and lenses, we had to look for a new method. Enter the electron microscope. A beam of electrons can get in more of the nooks and crannies of matter to see more detail. Stuff of Genius tells the story behind everyday

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The World Outside: A Changing Environment and How It Affects Us

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Juan Carlos Idrobo - Quantum Phenomena & Electron Microscopy: New Possibilities & Limitations

Recorded 28 October 2022. Juan-Carlos Idrobo of the University of Washington presents "Into the Realms of Quantum Phenomena with Electron Microscopy: Exploring New Possibilities & Limitations" at IPAM's Mathematical Advances for Multi-Dimensional Microscopy Workshop. Abstract: Electron ene

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Paul Weiss - Leveraging Sparsity in Scanning Probe Microscopy - IPAM at UCLA

Recorded 15 September 2022. Paul Weiss of the University of California, Los Angeles, presents "Leveraging Sparsity in Scanning Probe Microscopy" at IPAM's Computational Microscopy Tutorials. Learn more online at: http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/computational-microscopy-tutorial

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How Is Our Green Future Dependent On Rare-Earth Elements? | Treasure Hunters | Spark

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Robert Wolkow - Atom-Defined Devices, Ultra-Fast Classical Devices, and Diverse Quantum Devices

Recorded 29 November 2022. Robert Wolkow of the University of Alberta presents "Atom-Defined Devices, Ultra-Fast, Ultra-Low Power Classical Devices and Diverse Quantum Devices" at IPAM's Multi-Modal Imaging with Deep Learning and Modeling Workshop. Abstract: Most all atom-defined structure

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New high vacuum system

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