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Design and Implementation of a Site for a One-Ångstrom TEM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

John H. Turner ,
M.A. O'Keefe  and
M.A. O'Keefe
John H. Turner
Affiliation:
National Center for Electron Microscopy, University of California, LBNL B72, Berkeley, CA94720
M.A. O'Keefe
Affiliation:
National Center for Electron Microscopy, University of California, LBNL B72, Berkeley, CA94720
M.A. O'Keefe
Affiliation:
Philips Electronic Instruments, Fremont, CA94538
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The National Center for Electron Microscopy has recently acquired a field-emission TEM to form thebasis of a project to achieve a resolution of one Ångstrom. To reach this resolution, both instrumental and environmental factors need to be considered. We have designed and constructed a new building to provide a suitable environment for this instrument, with emphasis on providing isolation from external influences detrimental to the achievement of ultra-high resolution. Such influences include mechanical vibration, temperature fluctuations, acoustic noise, and stray electromagnetic fields.

The microscope chosen for the one-Ångstrom project is a Philips CM300 Ultra-Twin equipped with a field-emission gun. Pre-installation specifications provided by Philips for this 1.7Å-resolution TEM specify maximum-allowable values for vibration levels in three mutually-perpendicular directions. In the most critical direction (console left to right), vibration is required to remain below 0.8)μm/sec in the frequency range from 1Hz to 5Hz, although allowed to rise to 6μm/sec above 10Hz (Region I in fig. 1). Even when resolution is not a critical requirement, vibration must be minimized at 2.5Hz (Region II in fig.1).

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The Limits of Image Resolution: Seeing is Believing
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 3 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '97, Microscopy Society of America 55th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 31st Annual Meeting, Histochemical Society 48th Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 10-14, 1997 , August 1997 , pp. 1177 - 1178
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 1997

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4. Work supported by the Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Material Sciences Division of the U.S. Department of Energy, under contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098.Google Scholar