Instrumentation
Chalmers Node
Microscope brand: JEOL
Model: Monochromated ARM200F
- Commissioned 2019
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 40 kV, 60 kV, 80 kV, and 200 kV
- Schottky field emission gun (FEG)
- Monochromator with energy spread ~ 20 meV at 40 kV and ~ 50 meV at 200 kV
- ASCOR probe Cs corrector
- CETCOR image Cs corrector
- 0.7 Å spatial resolution in STEM at 200 kV
- 0.7 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 200 kV
- Double silicon drifted detector (SDD) for EDX
- BF, ADF, and HAADF detectors for STEM
- Segmented annular all field (SAAF) detector for STEM differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging
- Secondary electron detector
- NanoMegas procession electron diffraction system
- Electrostatic biprism for electron holography
- Gatan OneView camera with in situ function
- Gatan Image Filter (GIF) Continuum with DualEELS and Rio CMOS camera
Location:
- Campus Johannaberg, CTH
Dedicated in situ holders:
- DENS Stream liquid holder with MEMS-based chips for liquid-envriorment and electrochemical experiments
- DENS Lightning heating and biasing holder with MEMS chips for in situ thermal and electrical TEM measurements
- Fischione cryo transfer tomography holder
- STM-TEM holder
Microscope brand: FEI
Model: Titan 80-300
- Commissioned 2007
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 80 kV – 300 kV
- Schottky field emission gun (FEG)
- Monochromator with energy spread ~ 100 meV at 300 kV and ~ 50meV at 80 kV
- DCOR Cs probe corrector
- 0.7 Å spatial resolution in STEM at 300 kV
- ~2 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 300 kV
- Si(Li) EDX detector
- BF, ADF, and HAADF detectors for STEM
- Electrostatic biprism for electron holography
- Gatan Ultrascan 1000XP CCD camera
- Gatan Image Filter (GIF) Tridium with Ultrascan 1000XP CCD
Location:
- Campus Johannaberg, CTH
Dedicated in situ holders:
- DENS Stream liquid holder with MEMS-based chips for liquid-envriorment and electrochemical experiments
- Fischione Model 2021 analytical tomography holder
- Fischinone 2050 on-axis rotation tomography holder
- Nanofactory STM-TEM holder
Microscope brand: FEI
Model: Tecnai T20
- Commissioned 2007
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 200 kV
- Thermionic LaB6 electron source
- ~ 2 nm spatial resolution in STEM at 200 kV
- ~ 2 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 200 kV
- Si(Li) EDX detector
- Fischione HAADF detector for STEM
- Gatan Orius CCD camera
Location:
- Campus Johannaberg, CTH
Dedicated in situ holders:
- DENS Stream liquid holder with MEMS-based chips for liquid-envriorment and electrochemical experiments
- Fischione Model 2021 analytical tomography holder
- Fischinone 2050 on-axis rotation tomography holder
- Nanofactory STM-TEM holder
Sample preparation equipment:
- Allied MultiPrep precision polisher system for mechnanical polising
- Fischione 1010 gentle ion mill
- FEI Versa3D focus ion beam – scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM)
- Tescan GAIA FIB-SEM
KTH Node
Microscope brand: JEOL
Model: JOEL 2100 modified by IDES (UEM system)
- Commissioned 2015
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 80 kV – 200 kV
- LaB6 cathode
- 2 Å spatial resolution at 200 kV
- BF, ABF, ADF detectors for STEM
- Gatan 2k Ultrascan 1000XP CCD camera
- Gatan Quantum GIF with 2k CCD
- ASI Timepix 3 direct electron detector
Technical specification in time-resolved mode:
- Temporal resolution:< 1 ps
- Spatial resolution:< 5 nm
- Energy resolution:< 1 eV
Amplitude Tangerine optical fiber fs-laser
- Commissioned 2015
Technical specifications:
- Average power: >35W
- Energy per pulse:>200µJ
- Pulse width: <350fs
- Repetition Rate: single shot to 40MHz
- Central wavelength: 1030nm
- Other wavelength: 515nm (SHG), 257nm (FHG)
Location:
- Electrum, Campus Kista, KTH
Dedicated in situ holders:
- JOEL single-tilt Liquid-Nitrogen Cryo-holder reaching down to 100K
Sample preparation equipment:
- Leica Ultracut S Ultramicrotome
Linköping University Node
Microscope brand: FEI
Model: Titan G2 60-300
- Commissioned 2011
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 60 kV – 300 kV
- High brightness X-FEG gun
- Monochromator with energy spread of < 0.15 eV at 300 kV and <0.08 eV at 60 kV
- DCOR Cs probe and image correctors
- 0.7 Å spatial resolution in STEM at 300 kV
- 0.7 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 300 kV
- Super-X EDX detector
- BF, ABF, ADF, and HAADF detectors for STEM
- Gatan 2k Ultrascan 1000XP CCD camera
- Quantum GIF with DualEELS and 2k CCD
Location:
- Ångströmhuset, Campus Valla, LiU
Dedicated in situ holders:
- Gatan double tilt heating holder reaching up to 900 °C.
- DENs Wildfire double-tilt heating holder with MEMS-based chips reaching up to 1300 °C
- Protochips Atmosphere gas cell holder allows gas exposures at pressures up to 1 atm while reaching up to 1000 °C.
- Protochips Poseidon liquid cell holder allows liquid exposures of the samples and electrochemistry studies.
- Fischione Model 2021 analytical tomography holder.
Sample preparation equipment:
- Fully equipped lab for traditional TEM sample preparation including Ar ion milling systems.
- Carl Zeiss cross beam 1540 ESB Focused Ion Beam system
Lund University Node
Microscope brand: Hitachi
Model: HF-3300S enviormental TEM (ETEM)
- Inaugurated 2018
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 100 kV – 300 kV
- Cold FEG gun
- BCOR Cs image corrector
- 0.86 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 300 kV
- Oxford AZtec Advanced EDS, 80mm2 SDD detector with Moxtek AP X-ray window
- BF, HAADF and SE detectors for STEM
- Gatan OneView IS
Gas handling system:
- Open system
- Gas injection via specially designed holders or via side port injector
- Dual gas lines to microscope/holder
- Gas pressure at chip: maximum ~10Pa. Possible to increase to a few hundreds Pa using an optional lid on gas injection holder (no EDS possible with lid)
- Heating done using MEMS chips (Norcada), up to 1200°C
- Gases installed: H2, N2, O2, trimethylaluminium (TMAl), trimethylgallium (TMGa), trimethylindium (TMIn), trimethylantimony (TMSb), arsine (AsH3) and phosphine (PH3)
Location:
- nCHREM, Kemicentrum, LU
Microscope brand: JEOL
Model: JEM-2200FS
- Installed 2016
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 200 kV or 120kV
- Schottky FEG gun
- Cryo polepiece
- 2.8 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 200 kV
- 3 Å spatial resolution in STEM at 200 kV
- Omega filter
- BF and HAADF detectors for STEM
- TVIPS F416 camera
Holders:
- Cryo holder
- High tilt holder for tomography
- High tilt cryo holder for cryo-tomography
Location:
- nCHREM, Kemicentrum, LU
Microscope brand: JEOL
Model: JEM-3000F
- Installed 2003
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 300 kV
- Schottky FEG gun
- 1.7 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 300 kV
- Oxford AZtec EDS, 80mm2 SDD detector
- BF and HAADF detectors for STEM
- Gatan Orius CCD camera
Holders:
- Double tilt
- Cryo holder
- Heating holder
Location:
- nCHREM, Kemicentrum, LU
Stockholm University Node
Microscope brand: Themo Fisher Scientific
Model: Themis Z G3
- Commissioned 2019
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltages: 60 kV, 200 kV or 300 kV
- High brightness X-FEG gun
- Monochromator with energy spread of < 0.15 eV at 300 kV and <0.08 eV at 60 kV
- Cs DCOR probe and Cs CETCOR image correctors
- 0.6 Å spatial resolution in STEM at 300 kV
- 0.6 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 300 kV
- Super-X EDX detector
- BF, ADF, 4-segmented ADF and HAADF detectors for STEM
- Gatan OneView camera with in-situ option
- Amsterdam Scientific Instrument CheeTah hybrid pixel detector
- Quantum GIF ER with DualEELS and 2k CCD
Location:
- Arrehnius Laboratory, Stockholm University
Dedicated in situ holders:
- Gatan double tilt heating holder (model 652) reaching up to 900 °C.
- Gatan double tilt cooling holder (model 636) reaching liquid nitrogen temperature
- Gatan Cyro-transfer holder (Elsa)
- Gatan double tilt vacuum transfer holder (model 648)
- Fischione Model 2020 tomography holder
- Fischione Model 2045 dual-axis tomography holder
Microscope brand: JEOL
Model: JEM-2100F (UHR pole piece)
- Commissioned 2007
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltages: 80 kV or 200 kV
- Schottky FEG gun
- Energy spread of < 1.0 eV at 200 kV
- 2.0 Å spatial resolution in STEM at 200 kV
- 1.9 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 200 kV
- JEOL EDX detector
- JEOL BSE, BF and ADF detectors for STEM
- Gatan Ultrascan 1000 camera
- Gatan Orius 200D camera
- Gatan GIF Tridium with 2k CCD camera
Location:
- Arrehnius Laboratory, Stockholm University
Microscope brand: JEOL
Model: JEM-2100 (HT pole-piece)
- Commissioned 2007
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltages: 80 kV, 100kV, 120kV or 200 kV
- LaB6 gun
- 3.0 Å spatial resolution in STEM at 200 kV
- 2.5 Å spatial resolution in TEM at 200 kV
- JEOL BSE, and ADF detectors for STEM
- Gatan Orius SC1000 camera
- Gatan Orius 200D camera
- Amsterdam Scientific Instrument Timpex camera (QTPX-262k)
- Precession electron diffraction (Nanomega & JEOL)
Location:
- Arrehnius Laboratory, Stockholm University
Dedicated in situ holders for JEOL TEMs:
- Gatan double tilt heating holder (model 652) reaching up to 900 °C.
- Gatan double tilt cooling holder (model CHDT3504) reaching liquid nitrogen temperature
- Gatan Cryo-transfer holder (model CT3500)
- Gatan Cyro-transfer tomography holder (model 914)
- JEOL vacuum transfer holder
- JEOL light-import holder
- Fischione Model 2040 dual-axis tomography holder
- Gatan ultra-high tomography holder (model 912)
Sample preparation equipment:
- Fully equipped lab for traditional TEM sample preparation including Ar-ion milling systems
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Vitrobot
- Lecia Cyro-ultramicrotome
Uppsala University Node
Microscope brand: FEI
Model: Titan Themis 200
Technical specifications:
- Acceleration voltage 80 kV – 200 kV
- Cs corrected proble for HRSTEM, resolution is about 80 pm at 200 kV, (140 pm 80 kV)
- EDS SuperX G2
- DCOR Cs probe and image correctors
- CEFID energy filter: EELS, EFTEM, 4D STEM
- BF, ADF, and HAADF detectors for STEM
- TFS Ceta camera
- Dectris direct electron detector
- TVIPS 4k by 4k CMOS camera
Location:
- Myfab Uppsala, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala
Dedicated in situ holders:
- TFS single tilt holder
- 2 TFS double tilt holder
- Fischione Model 2021 analytical tomography holder.
- DensSolution in situ heating ((up to 1300 deg C) and biasing.
- Protochips Poseidon liquid cell holder allows liquid exposures of the samples and electrochemistry studies.
Sample preparation equipment:
- Fully equipped lab for traditional TEM sample preparation including Ar ion milling system.
- Carl Zeiss CrossBeam550,Focused Ion Beam system.
Technical specifications:
- Different gas assistance available (etching XeF2, H2O // deposition Pt, W, C)
- 3D imaging capabilities using SmartFIB or Atlas5 (3D EDS together with other detectors)
- The STEM detector
- The 4 axis omniprobe (3 linear and 1 rotation)