Updating of the Johns Hopkins HRTEM/AEM Laboratory

该奖项将提供升级约翰霍普金斯大学高分辨率和分析透射电子显微镜（HRTEM/AEM）实验室所需的一半资金。该大学承诺为此次收购提供所需的额外资金。目前的设施已经使用了近7年，显然需要升级。将增加的组件包括一个新的Si/Li x射线探测器，一个液氮分析样品夹，一个新的计算机，一个新的TEM视频系统和一个新的离子磨，将确保该设施将继续产生高质量的数据。该实验室被认为是该国最具生产力的两个实验室之一。这次升级应该可以使这个设施的高度使用寿命延长几年。

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.