Acquisition of Microscopes for the Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM)

ASU高分辨率电子显微镜设施的项目，在固态科学中心内，在设施运行的两个主要功能之间保持平衡。一方面，发展研究计划涉及探索仪器和操作技术的新可能性，为此目的正在建造、测试和进一步评估新型显微镜。另一方面，该设施为许多用户群体提供服务，使他们的研究能够获得当前最先进的技术和操作模式，并在高分辨率电子显微镜和相关技术方面建立和保持最高的性能和解释标准。该设施目前用于后一目的的电子显微镜现在已经过时、过度使用，而且与要求它们完成的工作的质量和质量相比不足。将获得一种更适合这一用途的新显微镜。新的显微镜对于基金的教育作用也是必不可少的。通过每年的学校和研讨会以及与科学界的持续互动，该设施对电子显微镜实践的标准产生了相当大的影响，为了充分发挥这一功能，必须保持其仪器达到或超过最先进的水平。

The program of the ASU Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, within the Center for Solid State Science, maintains a balance between the two main functions of the Facility operation. The program of developmental research, on the one hand, involves the exploration of new possibilities for instrumentation and operational techniques, and for these purposes new types of microscopes are being built, tested and further evaluated. On the other hand the Facility provides a service for many user groups, to make the most advanced current techniques and operational modes accessible for their research and to establish and maintain the highest standards of performance and interpretation in high resolution electron microscopy and associated techniques. The electron microscopes currently used in the Facility for this latter purpose are now out-dated, overworked and inadequate in relation to the quality and quality of the work demanded of them. A new microscope which is more appropriate for the purpose will be acquired. The new microscope is essential also in relation to the educational role of the Facility. Through its annual Schools and Workshops and continuing interactions with the scientific community the Facility has considerable impact on the standards of electron microscopy practice and must maintain its instrumentation at, or beyond, the state of the art in order to perform this function adequately.