Urgent Repair of a Scanning Electron Microscope Operated in an Open-User Facility.

紧急维修开放用户设施中运行的扫描电子显微镜。

• 批准号: RTI-2023-00235
• 负责人: LagugnéLabarthet, François
• 金额: $ 6.04万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=747963
• 关键词: Urgent; Repair; Scanning; Electron; Microscope

We require the urgent funding of a back scattered electron detector (EBSD) to repair a scanning electron microscope (SEM) operating in a central open user facility. The original detector installed in 2002 has failed and is currently in unrepairable condition since one of the four quadrant photodiode has failed. In addition to the new detector, we will at the same time retrofit the instrument with a newer version of the operating software and a new turbo pump that ensures the primary vacuum in the sample chamber which have both reached the end of their operating life. The SEM instrument is used by many HQP at Western University in many transverse fields including material and biomaterial research, observation of surfaces and interfaces, monitoring the integrity of nano and micro-fabrication of devices as demonstrated by the background of the 8 co-applicants. Subsequently, a SEM in working conditions and with the specifications of modern detectors is a necessary instrument for all applied and fundamental projects currently developed at Western University and partners. All HQP including undergraduates and graduate students but also postdoctoral associates and engineers will continue benefitting from the expert-level training offered by the Western facility through hand-on training and videos courses that we have created. From an equity, diversity and inclusion statement standpoint we will highlight the facility possibilities to all minority groups for all faculty and departments at Western University. We will highlight their successes through our regular newsletters and with our partners such as NanoOntario, promoting their work at a higher level at our annual conference and also through nominations to the NanoOntario annual awards.

我们需要一个背散射电子探测器（EBSD）的紧急资金，以修复扫描电子显微镜（SEM）在中央开放的用户设施运行。2002年安装的原始探测器出现故障，目前无法修复，因为四象限光电二极管中的一个出现故障。除了新的检测器外，我们还将同时使用更新版本的操作软件和新的涡轮泵对仪器进行改造，以确保样品室中的主真空，这两种设备都已达到其使用寿命。SEM仪器被西方大学的许多HQP用于许多横向领域，包括材料和生物材料研究，表面和界面观察，监测纳米和微制造设备的完整性，如8个共同申请人的背景所示。因此，具有现代探测器规格的工作条件的SEM是目前在西方大学和合作伙伴开发的所有应用和基础项目的必要工具。所有HQP，包括本科生和研究生，以及博士后助理和工程师，都将通过我们创建的实践培训和视频课程，继续受益于西方设施提供的专家级培训。从公平，多样性和包容性声明的角度来看，我们将强调设施的可能性，以所有少数群体的所有教师和部门在西部大学。我们将通过我们的定期通讯和我们的合作伙伴，如NanoOntario，突出他们的成功，在我们的年度会议上，并通过提名NanoOntario年度奖项，在更高的水平上促进他们的工作。