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

我们迫切需要一个背向散射电子探测器(EBSD)的资金，以修复在中央开放用户设施中运行的扫描电子显微镜(SEM)。由于四个象限光电二极管中的一个出现故障，2002年安装的原始探测器出现故障，目前处于无法修复的状态。除了新的探测器，我们将同时为仪器改装更新版本的操作软件和新的涡轮增压泵，以确保样品腔内的一次真空，这两种泵的使用寿命都已达到尽头。扫描电子显微镜被西方大学的许多HQP使用在许多横向领域，包括材料和生物材料研究、表面和界面的观察、监测设备的纳米和微制造的完整性，如8名共同申请者的背景所证明的那样。因此，工作条件和现代探测器规格的扫描电子显微镜是目前在西方大学及其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，都将继续通过我们创建的动手培训和视频课程，从西方机构提供的专家级培训中受益。从公平、多样性和包容性的立场出发，我们将强调西部大学所有教职员工和院系向所有少数群体提供便利的可能性。我们将通过我们的定期通讯和与我们的合作伙伴(如NanoOntario)一起突出他们的成功，在我们的年度会议上更高层次地宣传他们的工作，并通过提名NanoOntario年度奖项来宣传他们的工作。

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 In addition to the new detector, we will at the same time retrofit the instrument with a newer version of the operating software and a new turbo pump that ensures the primary vacuum in the sample chamber which have both reached the end of their operating life.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.