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Simple collectors for cathodoluminescence in the SEM made from aluminium foil
Author(s) -
Boyde A.,
Reid S. A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1983.tb04279.x
Subject(s) - cathodoluminescence , aluminium foil , aluminium , simple (philosophy) , foil method , aluminum foil , materials science , optics , metallurgy , composite material , optoelectronics , physics , layer (electronics) , luminescence , philosophy , epistemology
SUMMARY Inexpensive cathodoluminescence collectors for scanning electron microscopes can easily be made from aluminium foil fashioned as tubes which abut against the window of the photo‐multiplier at one end and shroud the specimen at the other. Their use in the study of fluorescent labelled mineralized tissues is illustrated.