Scanning Electron Microscopy

The scanning electron microscopy provides information about the microstructure, morphology and chemical composition at the microscopic scale of solid samples. It can be applied to all type of materials including ceramics, polymers, metals, minerals, catalysts, samples from cultural heritage, thin films, coatings, interfaces, nanoparticles, etc. The SEM microscope is a field emission cold cathode equipment which enables images of the surface morphology and texture of samples with a resolution of 1 nm at 15kV. It also allows working at low voltages with non-metalized samples and in transmission mode for electron-transparent samples (STEM-in-SEM). Coupled to the X-ray detector (EDX) enables compositional analysis and elemental mapping.
 

The scanning electron microscopy provides information about the microstructure, morphology and chemical composition at the microscopic scale of solid samples. It can be applied to all type of materials including ceramics, polymers, metals, minerals, catalysts, samples from cultural heritage, thin films, coatings, interfaces, nanoparticles, etc. The SEM microscope is a field emission cold cathode equipment which enables images of the surface morphology and texture of samples with a resolution of 1 nm at 15kV. It also allows working at low voltages with non-metalized samples and in transmission mode for electron-transparent samples (STEM-in-SEM). Coupled to the X-ray detector (EDX) enables compositional analysis and elemental mapping.

Available Equipment

• Hitachi S4800 SEM-FEG microscope:  cold cathode field emission gun with voltage from 0.5 to 30 kV, resolution of 1nm at 15 kV. Equipped with a Bruker-X Flash-4010 EDX detector with a resolution of 133 eV (at the MnKα line), and a detector with sample holder to work in transmission mode (STEM-in- SEM).
• Additional equipment in the “electron microscopy samples preparation laboratory”