MRI: Acquisition of a High-Performance Scanning Electron Microscope for Research into the Nanostructure of Materials

利哈伊大学将获得一台新的扫描电子显微镜。 该仪器将具有以下技术特点：肖特基场发射源; EDS和EBSD;远程操作;可变压力和良好的低压操作。 最先进的显微镜将用于研究与纳米技术有关的一系列广泛问题，其中包括：取向映射和多晶样品中应变的局部测量及其在电迁移中的应用;蓝宝石上完美晶体外延的图案化，以改善LED的GaN生长;纳米材料的微机械测试;用于晶界偏析和金属锻造研究的晶界的详细表征;用于粘合的仿生纤维界面;超奥氏体不锈钢的焊接;通过激光工程净成形产生的结构。 该显微镜还将用于广泛的推广和教育计划。 每年举办的利哈伊显微镜学校提供扫描电子显微镜的首要培训，并为工业显微镜工作者带来该领域的最新进展。 显微镜的远程操作将促进与许多其他大学的合作研究，并为初中和高中学生带来高科技的兴奋。电子显微镜在当代科学和工程中发挥着非常特殊的作用。 我们目前的技术力量很大程度上来自于我们对纳米尺度（大约比头发直径小1,000倍）结构与人类尺度物体属性之间关系的理解。 电子显微镜是这方面的核心，因为它是研究这种小结构的最强大的仪器。 新的扫描电子显微镜在利哈伊大学将大大提高什么是已经在纳米科学和纳米技术这些领域的主要计划。 该显微镜还将大大有助于推广和教育计划，特别是通过利哈伊显微镜学校-领先的课程，在扫描电子显微镜的基础和高级培训。 这将是可能的远程操作显微镜，这将是重要的研究与其他大学的合作。 利哈伊将开发一个外展计划，在该计划中，初中和高中学生能够操作显微镜查看他们提交的样本。 在使用新仪器的许多研究项目中，将有一些项目导致：更好的计算机芯片性能;更好的光源;更好的微机械;以及通过模仿蜥蜴脚上的结构来设计改进的粘合方法。

Lehigh University will acquire a new scanning electron microscope. The instrument will have the following technical features: a Schottky field emission source; EDS and EBSD; remote operation; variable pressure and good low-voltage operation. The state-of-the-art microscope will be used for research into a broad range of problems related to nanotechnology, among them: orientation mapping and the local measurement of strain in polycrystalline samples and their application to electromigration; the patterning of perfect crystal epitaxy on sapphire for improved GaN growth for LEDs; micromechanical testing of nanoscale materials; the detailed characterization of grain boundaries for studies of grain-boundary segregation and of metal forging; biomimetic fibrillar interfaces for adhesion; welding of superaustinitic stainless steels; the structures produced by laser engineered net shaping. The microscope will also be used for an extensive set of outreach and educational programs. The Lehigh Microscopy School, held each year provides the premier training in scanning electron microscopy and so brings the latest advances in the field to industrial microscopists. Remote operation of the microscope will facilitate collaborative research with many other universities as well as bringing access to high-tech excitement to middle- and high- school students.The electron microscope plays a very special role in contemporary science and engineering. So much of our present technological strength comes from our understanding of the relation between structures on the nanoscale (roughly 1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a hair) and the properties of objects on the human scale. The electron microscope is central to this since it is the most powerful instrument for investigating such small structures. The new scanning electron microscope at Lehigh University will greatly enhance what is already a major program in these areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The microscope will also contribute greatly to outreach and education programs, especially through the Lehigh Microscopy School - the leading courses for basic and advanced training in scanning electron microscopy. It will be possible to operate the microscope remotely, which will be important for research collaboration with other universities. Lehigh will develop an outreach program in which middle- and high- school students are able to operate the microscope to view samples they submit. Among many research programs using the new instrument will be programs leading to: better performance in computer chips; better light sources; better micro-machines; and the design of improved adhesion methods by imitating the structures on the feet of lizards.