Samples for transmission electron microscopy
AssigneeBal-Tec A.G.
InventorsWolfgang Grunewald, Alex Vogt
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Abstract
TEM samples are cut from a solid state material with length (l) and width (b) and with a front-side sample surface (7) onto which a curable adhesive of the flowable type is applied for fixing a fiber (2) with a diameter (d) aligned on the sample surface (7) in the longitudinal direction of the sample substantially centrally with respect to the width (b), with the adhesive (3) applied substantially over the entire area on the sample surface (7) and the fiber (2) aligning itself upon being placed onto the adhesive (3) and being wetted essentially along its entire length with the adhesive and the latter subsequently being cured. A simple and economical preparation of TEM samples with high quality is thereby made possible.
Claims14
A TEM sample cut from a solid state material with length (l) and width (b) and with a front-side sample surface (7), comprising a curable adhesive (3) of the flowable type and fixing a fiber (2) with diameter (d) on the sample surface (7) aligned in the longitudinal direction of the sample (1) substantially on-center with respect to the width (b), characterized in that the adhesive (3) is substantially applied over the entire area on the sample surface (7) and the fiber (2) is substantially fixed adhesively along its entire length.
A method for the preparation of a TEM sample cut from a solid state material with length (l) and width (b) and with a front-side sample surface (7) onto which a curable adhesive (3) of the flowable type is applied for fixing a fiber (2) with diameter (d) on the sample surface (7), aligned in the longitudinal direction of the sample (l) substantially centrally with respect to width (b), characterized in that the adhesive (3) is applied substantially over the entire area of the sample surface (7) and the fiber (2) with the adhesive (3) applied on it becomes self-aligned and is substantially over its entire length wetted with the adhesive (3), and that it is subsequently cured.
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