Current Equipment
Zeiss Crossbeam 540 FIB-SEM
Hitachi H-8100 scanning transmission electron microscope
Hitachi S-4300VP (Provided by NSF-TTU funds)
EDAX X-ray microanalysis system (EDS)/Oxford EDS
Oxford electron backscatter detector (EBSD)
Gatan cathodoluminescence (CL) spectrophotometer
ETP-USA backscatter detector
Large area mapping of SE/BSE/EDS/EBSD
Scanning Transmissive Electron Microscopy
Gas Injection System
Ancillary equipment required to produce quality samples for both TEM and SEM: microtomes, ultramicrotomes, sputter coaters, and critical point dryers. In addition to the traditional methods of specimen preparation e.g. glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide, this laboratory also uses protocols for physically fixing samples by cryogenic methods.
College of Arts and Sciences Microscopy
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Email
bo.zhao@ttu.edu