Updating of the Johns Hopkins HRTEM/AEM Laboratory

该合同将提供升级约翰·霍普金斯大学高分辨率和分析透射式电子显微镜(HRTEM/AEM)实验室所需资金的一半。该大学承诺为此次收购提供所需的额外资金。目前的设施已经大量使用，已有近七年的历史，显然需要升级。将增加的部件，包括一个新的硅/锂X射线探测器、一个液氮分析样品架、一个新的计算机、一个新的透射电子显微镜视频系统和一个新的离子磨机，将确保该设施将继续产生高质量的数据。这个实验室被认为是该国生产率最高的两个实验室之一。这一升级应该能够将该设施的高度有用的寿命延长几年。

This award will provide for half the funding necessary to upgrade the high-resolution and analytical transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM/AEM) laboratory at Johns Hopkins University. The university is committed to provide the additional funds needed for this acquisition. The present facility, which has been heavily used, is nearly seven years old and clearly needs an upgrade. The components to be added, which include a new Si/Li X-ray detector, a liquid nitrogen analytical specimen holder, a new computer, a new TEM video system, and a new ion mill, will assure that this facility will continue to generate high quality data. This laboratory is considered to be one of the two most productive in the country. This upgrade should make it possible to extend the highly useful life of this facility for several years.