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Quantitative HRTEM analysis of FIB prepared specimens
Author(s) -
BARAM M.,
KAPLAN W.D
Publication year - 2008
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.1365-2818.2008.02134.x
Subject(s) - transmission electron microscopy , focused ion beam , materials science , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , energy filtered transmission electron microscopy , electron microscope , conventional transmission electron microscope , optics , scanning confocal electron microscopy , electron tomography , microscopy , sample preparation , ion , dark field microscopy , field emission gun , sapphire , analytical chemistry (journal) , scanning transmission electron microscopy , nanotechnology , chemistry , physics , laser , organic chemistry , chromatography
Summary The preparation of good transmission electron microscopy specimens with minimum milling damage can be very complicated, especially from a specific area in a sample. Therefore, a novel approach for transmission electron microscopy specimen preparation using a focused ion beam system is proposed, based on the use of low energy (5 kV)Ga ions and a low incident ion angle (∼1°) from a thickness of ∼500 nm until the sample is electron transparent. Transmission electron microscopy specimens prepared by this method have significantly less irradiation damage, demonstrated by successful quantitative high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy conducted on sapphire from data acquired using an aberration‐corrected field emission gun transmission electron microscopy. Quantitative analysis was conducted by iterative digital image matching. The accuracy and sensitivity of the matching process is discussed.