A flexible multi-stimuli in situ (S)TEM: Concept, optical performance, and outlook

作者：Boerrnert Felix; Mueller Heiko; Riedel Thomas; Linck Martin; Kirkland Angus I; Haider Max; Buechner Bernd; Lichte Hannes

来源：Ultramicroscopy, 2015, 151: 31-36.

DOI：10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.11.011

• In situ TEM
• In situ STEM
• Lorentz TEM
• Lorentz STEM

The progress in (scanning) transmission electron microscopy development had led to an unprecedented knowledge of the microscopic structure of functional materials at the atomic level. Additionally, although not widely used yet, electron holography is capable to map the electric and magnetic potential distributions at the sub-nanometer scale. Nevertheless, in situ studies inside a (scanning) transmission electron microscope ((S)TEM) are extremely challenging because of the much restricted size and accessibility of the sample space. Here, we introduce a concept for a dedicated in situ (S)TEM with a large sample chamber for flexible multi-stimuli experimental setups and report about the electron optical performance of the instrument We demonstrate a maximum resolving power of about 1 am in conventional imaging mode and substantially better than 5 nm in scanning mode while providing an effectively usable "pole piece gap" of 70 mm.

• 出版日期2015-4