TEM Lab Specimen Holders
Overview
The Tecnai and Titan TEMs both have a single- and double-tilt holder (from FEI Company) which are used on a routine basis. The two TEMs also share the following specialized TEM specimen holders for in situ analysis:
Heating Holders
- Gatan 652 double-tilt furnace-based Inconel heating holder (maximum temperature 700°C)
- DensSolutions double-tilt MEMS-based heating holder with closed-loop temperature feedback control (maximum temperature 1300°C)
- Protochips Aduro 500 double-tilt MEMS-based heating and electrical biasing holder (maximum temperature 1100°C, voltage ± 55V) – Acquired with support from the Mericos Foundation
Cooling Holder
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Gatan 636 double-tilt liquid nitrogen cooling holder (-170°C to +100°C)
Gas Cell Holder
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DensSolutions Climate 3+ (max pressure = 1 atm, maximum temperature 800°C) – Acquired under DensSolutions Excellence Center for Electron Microscopy (DECEM) collaboration
Liquid Cell Holder
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Hummingbird Scientific liquid cell TEM holder with electrical biasing
Tomography Holder
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Fischione 2040 dual axis tomography holder (±70° tilt range)
Getting Started
Some of these holders require the use of specialized chips and specimen preparation methods. Please contact nano-temstaff@lists.stanford.edu for guidelines on holder selection, training and access.