Microscopes

SINTEF owns two Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) together with the University of Oslo (UiO). They are located at the Research Park. The microscopes are part of the Oslo node of The Norwegian Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy (NORTEM).

JEM 2100F

  • Schottky field emission gun (FEG)NyCanon 535
  • Aligned for 120 and 200 kV
  • Point resolution (UHR- configuration): 0.19 nm
  • Lattice resolution (UHR- pole piece): 0.1 nm
  • Electron holography Bi-prism
  • Digital STEM-Unit (ASID) incl. HAADF-Detector
  • STEMPack with BF/DF detector from Gatan
  • DF-STEM resolution: 0.2 nm
  • BF-STEM resolution: 0.2 nm
  • Oxford X-Max-80 SDD EDS detector, 0.23 srad collection angle
  • Gatan Orius 200D CCD camera
  • Gatan Quantum 963 EELS spectrometer
  • System energy resolution <0.8 eV FWHM (0.6 eV attainable)
  • Double tilt sample stage, +/- 25o tilt in two directions
  • Double tilt cryo stage, -170 to +110 oC

Cost of use: 600 NOK/hour (+ tax) + operator costs

 

FEI Titan G2 60-300

  • High brightness XFEGNyCanon 371
  • Monochromated EELS resolution at 200 kV: 0.2 eV
  • Aligned for 60, 200, and 300 kV accelerating voltages
  • DCOR Cs probe corrector: 0.8 Å spatial resolution in STEM (at 300 kV)
  • S-TWIN objective lens: 2.0 Å spatial resolution in TEM (at 300 kV)
  • Super-X EDS detector: 0.9 srad collection angle
  • Gatan Ultrascan 1000XP CCD camera. In total 6 STEM detectors
    • Fischione HAADF
    • 3 FEI BF + 2 DF
    • 2 Gatan BF and DF
  • Gatan GIF Quantum 965 EELS Spectrometer
  • Omega-q mapping module
  • Remote operation
  • Double tilt sample stage +/- 40 degrees tilt in two directions
  • Double tilt cryo stage, -170 to +110 oC, +/- 30o tilt in two directions
  • Atmosphere 200 in situ environmental holder, up to 1000 oC, static or flow, 3 gasses 5*102 – 1*105 Pa, N2, H2, O2, Ar, He, forming gas; Xe, air, NH2, CH4.

 

Cost of use: 800 NOK/hour (+ tax) + operator costs