Expertise
Imaging Platform
Full research Petrographic microscope with Plane Polarised light (PPL) and Cross Polarised (XP) imaging
keywords - electron microscopy: Scanning EM (FEG), Integrated Light and SEM, Scanning EM (Tungsten)
other: Electron Backscatter Electron Diffraction (EBSD), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Cathodoluminescence
Applications
keywords - physical sciences: Bioengineering & Biomaterials, Plasmonics, Corrosion/Oxidation, Semiconductors & Opotoelectronics, Geology/Mineralogy, Optical & Photonic Materials and Devices, Catalysts, Metallurgy/Alloy development, Electron optics, Functional oxides, Nanomaterials, Composites, Planetary sciences, Polymers & organic electronics
Sample Preparation
Keywords - biological: Resin embedding, Metal coating
keywords - materials: argon ion thinning, electropolishing, Standard block preparation. Specimen cutting, grinding, polishing and chemo-mechanical polishing for EBSD
Experienced Liverpool SEM SRF staff are happy to discuss the best sample preparation strategies to ensure you obtain the highest quality datasets to solve your research questions.
Data Analysis
keywords - software: imagej, fiji, matlab, AZtec, AZtec Crystal, Crosscourt Rapide for HR-EBSD, MountainsSEM for 3D reconstruction, Crystalmaker for structure simulation
keywords - hardware: Zeiss Gemini 450 FEG SEM, Symmetry S2 EBSD camera, X-Max 50mm2 EDS detector, AZtec software),. In chamber and in lens SE and BSE detectors,. Panchromatic CL, VP mode, VPSE detector. JEOL 7001 FEGSEM –Ulti-max EDS detector (Aztec software), in chamber and inlens SE detectors, BSE detector JEOL 6610 W filament SEM –Xplore EDS detector (Aztec Live). SE and BSE detectors ZEIS Axioviewer2 petrographic light microscope. Reflection and transmission illumination. Plane Polarised, cross polarised imaging.
AZtec, AZtec Crystal for post processing of EDS\EBSD data sets.
Crosscourt Rapide for HR-EBSD analysis
MountainsSEM 3D analysis and reconstruction software
Crystalmaker crystal structure simulation software