Upgrade to sputter coater for field emission SEM

升级为场发射 SEM 溅射镀膜机

• 批准号: 344978-2007
• 负责人: Botton, Gianluigi
• 金额: $ 5.91万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=325620
• 关键词: Upgrade; sputter; coater; field; emission

We are requesting an urgent upgrade to our coating instrument for the preparation of samples to be analysed using our Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM), recently purchased by McMaster University.  This tool is an essential component in the preparation of samples from an extremely broad range applications in biomaterials, polymers, semiconductors and insulators so as to provide images of the highest quality without the artifacts generated by the current coater, which produces coating layers that are inadequate for the high resolution FE-SEM. The areas of applications cover energy-related materials, biomaterial composites, polymer nanoparticles and microcapsules, optoelectronic materials and ferroelectric materials. Overall, the instrument required will be used by numerous students (including undergraduate and graduate students), postdoctoral fellows and researchers.  It is expected that approximately 50 users of the FE-SEM will benefit from this instrument and will obtain reliable structural information on the samples they have synthesized. This instrument will be located at the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.

我们要求对我们的涂层仪器进行紧急升级，以便使用麦克马斯特大学最近购买的场发射扫描电子显微镜（FE-SEM）制备待分析的样品。该工具是制备生物材料，聚合物，这使得半导体和绝缘体的涂层能够提供最高质量的图像，而没有由当前的涂层机产生的伪影，当前的涂层机产生的涂层不足以用于高分辨率FE-SEM。应用领域涵盖能源相关材料、生物材料复合材料、聚合物纳米颗粒和微胶囊、光电材料和铁电材料。总的来说，所需的仪器将被许多学生（包括本科生和研究生），博士后研究员和研究人员使用。预计大约50个FE-SEM用户将从该仪器中受益，并将获得他们合成的样品的可靠结构信息。该仪器将位于麦克马斯特大学新的加拿大电子显微镜中心的布罗克豪斯材料研究所。