Acquisition of an Energy Filtering Transmission Electron Microscope for Research and Education

该奖项将使康奈尔大学获得能量过滤透射电子显微镜（EFTEM）。LEO 922 OMEGA提供的原子级成像新功能，特别是快速获得元素特定图像对比度和在低光束能量下对厚样品成像的能力，将使研究范围非常广泛。这些研究项目由来自康奈尔大学四个学院和十一个系的主要研究人员领导。它也将提供给外部合作者和用户，学术，政府或工业组织使用。研究课题从复杂的聚合物、陶瓷和金属材料到生物细胞、其内部结构和金属离子浓度的研究。中央，以满足这些研究目标是许多博士后，研究生和本科生在使用和开发这样一个强大的研究工具的培训。由于这将是美国第二台同类机器，这将是一个进行前沿研究的绝佳机会。显然，EFTEM将产生巨大的机构影响，并将成为外部科学家和学生社区的重要资源，他们将成为访问者和用户，其中一些人将主要使用EFTEM。这将进一步使我们能够吸引和留住最好的教师和学生，包括妇女和少数民族。这项来自重大研究仪器计划的奖励将使康奈尔大学能够获得能量过滤透射电子显微镜（EFTEM）。LEO 922 OMEGA提供的原子级成像新功能，特别是快速获得元素特定图像对比度和在低光束能量下对厚样品成像的能力，将使研究范围非常广泛。这些研究项目由来自康奈尔大学四个学院和十一个系的主要研究人员领导。它也将提供给外部合作者和用户，学术，政府或工业组织使用。研究课题从复杂的聚合物、陶瓷和金属材料到生物细胞、其内部结构和金属离子浓度的研究。中央，以满足这些研究目标是许多博士后，研究生和本科生在使用和开发这样一个强大的研究工具的培训。这将是美国的第二台同类机器，这将为开展前沿研究提供一个独特的机会。EFTEM将产生巨大的机构影响，并将成为外部科学家和学生社区的重要资源，他们将成为访问者和用户，其中一些人将主要使用EFTEM。这将进一步使康奈尔大学能够吸引和留住最好的教师和学生，包括妇女和少数民族。

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation program will allow Cornell University to acquire an Energy Filtering Transmission Electron Microscope (EFTEM). The new capabilities for atomic scale imaging provided by the LEO 922 OMEGA, particularly the abilities to rapidly obtain element-specific image contrast and to image thick samples at low beam energies, will enable an extraordinarily broad range of research. These research projects are led by principal investigators from four Colleges and eleven departments at Cornell University. It will also be available for use by outside collaborators and users, academic, government or industrial organizations. The research topics range from studies of complex polymeric, ceramic and metallic materials to biological cells, their internal structures and metal ion concentrations. Central to meeting these research goals is the training of many post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students in the use and exploitation of such a powerful research tool. Since it will be only the second machine of its type in the US, this will be a fantastic and almost unique opportunity to carry out frontier research. It is clear that the EFTEM will have a large institutional impact and will be an important resource for the external community of scientists and students who will be visitors and users, some of whom will be coming primarily to use the EFTEM. It will further enable us to attract and retain the best faculty and students, including women and minorities. %%%This award from the Major Research Instrumentation program will allow Cornell University to acquire an Energy Filtering Transmission Electron Microscope (EFTEM). The new capabilities for atomic scale imaging provided by the LEO 922 OMEGA, particularly the abilities to rapidly obtain element-specific image contrast and to image thick samples at low beam energies, will enable an extraordinarily broad range of research. These research projects are led by principal investigators from four Colleges and eleven Departments at Cornell University. It will also be available for use by outside collaborators and users, academic, government or industrial organizations. The research topics range from studies of complex polymeric, ceramic and metallic materials to biological cells, their internal structures and metal ion concentrations. Central to meeting these research goals is the training of many post-doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students in the use and exploitation of such a powerful research tool. This will be only the second machine of its type in the US, this will provide a unique opportunity to carry out frontier research. The EFTEM will have a large institutional impact and will be an important resource for the external community of scientists and students who will be visitors and users, some of whom will be coming primarily to use the EFTEM. It will further enable Cornell University to attract and retain the best faculty and students, including women and minorities.