TEM Sample Preparation Lab
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Getting Started and Training
Complete the process to become a lab member of SNSF and follow the instructions to activate a Badger account.
Explore the techniques below to familiarize yourself with the available tools and prerequisites for those relevant to your project.
Once you feel ready, or just have some questions, contact nano-temstaff@lists.stanford.edu to discuss your TEM sample preparation needs.
For an interactive table, click here or scroll down.
Sample Prep Tools
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Mechanical Polishing
Provides automated large specimen polishing on multiple samples
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Cutting
Quickly cut a wide variety of samples with low deformation
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Gas Cell
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Heating
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Tomography
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Cryo/Cooling
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Heating
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Mechanical Polishing
Produces thin circular dimples in materials for transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
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Ion Polishing
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Liquid Cell
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Optical Microscopy
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Electropolishing
Prepares TEM sections of electrically conductive materials through electrolytical thinning