Acquisition of a Field Emission Electron Gun for a Scanning Auger Microscope

该奖项来自材料研究计划的仪器，支持在PA St U大学公园为扫描俄歇显微镜购买场发射枪。扫描俄歇显微镜是研究表面、界面和薄膜的重要工具。购买电子枪将使这项技术能够在宾夕法尼亚州立大学的现有设备中进行。材料研究人员将使用扫描俄歇显微镜来解决传统和纳米半导体器件，超导体和碳纳米结构开发中的重要问题。宾夕法尼亚州立大学的创新烧结产品中心、薄膜器件中心和国家纳米纤维用户网络的用户也将受益于该技术的可用性。该设备将被整合到现有的材料科学与工程本科实验室课程，并将提供一个新的一个学分的研究生课程，教学生有关扫描俄歇显微镜的原理和操作。研究生和本科生都将使用该设备进行研究。该奖项来自材料研究仪器计划，支持在PA St U大学公园购买扫描俄歇显微镜的场发射枪。扫描俄歇显微镜是研究表面、界面和薄膜的重要工具。购买电子枪将使这项技术能够在宾夕法尼亚州立大学的现有设备中进行。材料研究人员将使用扫描俄歇显微镜来解决传统和纳米半导体器件，超导体和碳纳米结构开发中的重要问题。宾夕法尼亚州立大学创新烧结产品中心、薄膜器件中心和国家纳米制造用户网络的用户也将受益于该技术的可用性。该设备将被整合到现有的材料科学与工程本科实验室课程，并将提供一个新的一个学分的研究生课程，教学生有关扫描俄歇显微镜的原理和操作。研究生和本科生都将使用这些设备进行研究。

This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program supports the acquisition of a field emission gun for a scanning Auger Microscope at PA St U University Park. Scanning Auger Microscope is an important tool for the study of surfaces, interfaces and thin films. The purchase of an electron gun will allow this technique to be performed in existing equipment at Penn State. Materials researchers will use scanning Auger microscopy to address important questions in the development of both conventional and nanoscale semiconductor devices, superconductors, and carbon nanostructures. Users in the Center for Innovative Sintered Products, Center for Thin Film Devices, and National Nanofabrication Users Network at Penn State will also benefit from availability of the technique. The equipment will be integrated into an existing undergraduate laboratory course in materials science and engineering, and a new one credit graduate course will be offered to teach students about the principles and operation of the scanning Auger microscope. Both graduate and undergraduate students will use the equipment for research.This award from the Instrumentation for Materials Research program supports the acquisition of a field emission gun for a scanning Auger Microscope at PA St U University Park. Scanning Auger Microscope is an important tool for the study of surfaces, interfaces and thin films. The purchase of an electron gun will allow this technique to be performed in existing equipment at Penn State. Materials researchers will use scanning Auger microscopy to address important questions in the development of both conventional and nanoscale semiconductor devices, superconductors, and carbon nanostructures. Users in the Center for Innovative Sintered Products, Center for Thin Film Devices, and National Nanofabrication Users Network at Penn State will also benefit from availability of the technique. The equipment will be integrated into an existing undergraduate laboratory course in materials science and engineering, and a new one credit graduate course will be offered to teach students about the principles and operation of the scanning Auger microscope. Both graduate and undergraduate students will use the equipment for research.