Acquisition of Microscopes for the Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy (HREM)

ASU高分辨电子束装置程序 固态科学中心的显微镜， 基金两大职能之间的平衡 操作 发展研究计划，在一个 一方面，涉及探索新的可能性， 仪器和操作技术，并为这些 目的新型显微镜正在建造，测试和 进一步评价。 另一方面，该基金提供了一个 服务于众多用户群体，使最先进的电流 可供研究的技术和操作模式 并建立和保持最高标准， 高分辨电子显微镜的性能和解释 显微镜和相关技术。 电子显微镜 目前用于后一目的的设施， 与质量有关的过时、过度和不足 以及对他们要求的工作质量。 一种新的显微镜， 更适合收购的目的。 新 显微镜在教育方面也是必不可少的 的设施。 通过其年度学校和讲习班， 继续与科学界互动， 设备对电子标准有相当大的影响 显微镜实践，必须保持其仪器，或 为了执行该功能， 充分。

The program of the ASU Facility for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, within the Center for Solid State Science, maintains a balance between the two main functions of the Facility operation. The program of developmental research, on the one hand, involves the exploration of new possibilities for instrumentation and operational techniques, and for these purposes new types of microscopes are being built, tested and further evaluated. On the other hand the Facility provides a service for many user groups, to make the most advanced current techniques and operational modes accessible for their research and to establish and maintain the highest standards of performance and interpretation in high resolution electron microscopy and associated techniques. The electron microscopes currently used in the Facility for this latter purpose are now out-dated, overworked and inadequate in relation to the quality and quality of the work demanded of them. A new microscope which is more appropriate for the purpose will be acquired. The new microscope is essential also in relation to the educational role of the Facility. Through its annual Schools and Workshops and continuing interactions with the scientific community the Facility has considerable impact on the standards of electron microscopy practice and must maintain its instrumentation at, or beyond, the state of the art in order to perform this function adequately.