Fabricating thin film liquid cells
AssigneeUniversiteit Leiden
InventorsPauline Marthe Gerardina Van Deursen, Gregory Fabrice Schneider, Alexander Kros, Viorica Tudor
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Abstract
A thin film liquid cell suitable for transmission electron microscopy at room temperature is fabricated as follows. A thin film floating on a liquid is prepared. A droplet of the liquid with the thin film floating thereon is transferred to a support by means of a loop. The loop carries the droplet and the droplet carries the thin film during this transfer. Sufficient liquid from the droplet on the support is removed to form the thin film liquid cell.
Claims15
A method of fabricating a thin film liquid cell suitable for transmission electron microscopy at room temperature, comprising:
- preparing a thin film that is floating on a liquid;
- transferring a droplet of the liquid with the thin film floating thereon to a support by means of a loop, the loop carrying the droplet and the droplet carrying the thin film during the transferring;
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- removing sufficient liquid from the droplet on the support to form the thin film liquid cell.
A thin film liquid cell suitable for transmission electron microscopy at room temperature, the thin film liquid cell being formed by a portion of a single thin film that has folded and that has come into contact with another portion of the single thin film thereby encapsulating liquid.
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