Слайд 1TEM
Transmision Electrom Microscope
Construction and Application
Prof. dr habil. ing. Włodzimierz Dudziński
                            							
							
							
						 
											
                            Слайд 2Plan of presentation
Introduction,
Selected parts of construction,
Electron gun,
Lenses,
Specimen holder,
Image registration,
Detectors –
                                                            
                                    
different types
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 3Initial information
Sample image is magnified at formed by electron beam
It
                                                            
                                    
is used for investigation of specime internal structure 
Maximale thicknes
                                    of specimen can be 0,1 µm
Applied acceleration voltages are from 100kV up to 3 mV ( 3 milion V)
Exploitation is very expensive kosztów
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 4Surface of Cu deposite - example
A) SEM   
                                                            
                                    
       B) TEM
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 5Application 
Presentation of specimens internal structure
Images are not coloured
Application at
                                                            
                                    
materials science, biology, medicine and geology
Microstructure, crystalographic orientation, atomic resolution,
                                    chemical composition of different phases can be investigated (HREM, EDX, EELS)
3D imaging of specimen is possible (STEM)
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 6Basic construction of TEM
Column:
Electron gun
Lenses 
Specimen
Screen / CCD camera
Registration systems
Additional
                                                            
                                    
equipments (vacuum system, power supplyiers,high voltage system + many of
                                    another different)
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 7TEM situation at laboratory room
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 9Electron gun
 Aim: electron beam emision and initial formation
 Acceleration
                                                            
                                    
voltage : typical 100 – 400 kV (up to 3
                                    MV –HVTEM)
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 11Properties of electron guns
different types
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 13Electron gun 
with auto-positioning anode
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 15Electromagnetic lenses at TEM
Are used for changing characteristic of electron
                                                            
                                    
beam 
Brightness
Concentration
Focusing
Are constructed like coils of coper wires 
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 16Condensor system
Forms electron beam, changing their brightness and diameter
Is formed
                                                            
                                    
by two electromagnetic lenses + condenser diaphragme which cuts some
                                    parts of dispersed electrons
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 17Condenser lenses
Lens C1:
Decreaese beam diameter
Control the electron beam cross over
Lens
                                                            
                                    
C2:
Control of beam dispersion and ilumination of specimen surface 
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 18Condenser aperture
Eliminate electrons dispersed to much
Protect the specimen against excessive
                                                            
                                    
radiation
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 19Specimen chamber
Very high precission of specimen movement, along X, Y
                                                            
                                    
and Z direction (up to 1µm). Very high stabilisation is
                                    necessary
Additionally mounted equipment:
	- Goniometer – allows specimen tilting and rotation
  - Heating device – on line structure observation during
   heating time
  - Cooling device – used for biological specimens and 
   protections against contamination – liquid nitrogen is
   applied
  - X-ray, EELS or Auger spectrometers (STEM)
  
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 20Specimen chamber – obiective polepiece
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
											
											
                            Слайд 25Contamination
  Negative phenomenon – the rest of silicon oil
                                                            
                                    
vapeurs deriving from cacuum pumps are sedimented on the specimen
                                    surface and borders of apertures. This phenomenon can heavy decrease contrast and resolution of images.
Protection:
Instalation of anti contamination device inside TEM column – i.e. ring or „cold fingers” sourrounded specimen - cooled by liquid nitrogene
Increasing of vacuum quality by application „Cold Trap” and „oil free” pomps like: Ion Getter Pump (IGP) or Turbo Molecular Pump (TMP).
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 27Position of „Cold Finger”
in respect to specimen holder
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 29Vacuum system
Vacuum is necessary that gas molecules do not interfere
                                                            
                                    
with the course of the electron beam
Necessary condition: high vacuum
                                    (10-4 - 10-5 Pa),
Vaccum is obtained by the system of rotary (RP) and oil diffusion pomps (DP) or TMP or IGP.
Turbo Molecular Pumps (TMP) and Ion Getter Pumps (IGP) don’t contain oilacji)
The lock is used to paste samples into specimen chamber without column aeration
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 31Vacuum system - rotary pump
Reached vacuum:
10-2 Pa
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 32Vacuum system – diffusion pump
Reached vacuum:
10-5 Pa
  
 
                                                            
                                    Initial vacuum 10-2 Pa
  produced by rotary pump is
                                    absolutely necessary
  
                                
 
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 33Vacuum system – Ion Getter Pump 
  Gas molecules
                                                            
                                    
are ionised by high voltage (5kV)
   and absorbed
                                    by the spongy surface of the titanium cathod
   
B  There is no phenomenon of contamination
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 34Vacuum system –
Turbo Molecular Pump
  It works on the
                                                            
                                    
principle of centrifugal pump.
  Thanks generated by the rotary
                                    pump an initial vacuum, the turbine can reach very high ultrasonic speeds. 
  This causes the mechanical expulsion of the gas molecules.
  There is no phenomenon of contamination.
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 35Penning vacuum gauge
Vacuum glow gauge
The measure is the current vacuum
                                                            
                                    
glow discharge
Electrodes are placed in the external permanent magnet, it
                                    prevents stalling discharge.
Electrode head is applied high voltage (1000 - 2000V).
Is used in the pressure range from approx. 10-2 do 10-7 Pa
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 37Pirani vacuum gauge
Vacuum thermal-conductive gauge.
The special wire end located in
                                                            
                                    
the vacuum test is heated by electric current
When the vacuum
                                    is better, the worse the heat is extracted from the wire, which increases its temperature. As a result, the wire resistance is increased.
applies to vacuum measurement in the range from 0,5 up to 10-3 Pa.
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 38Lens system forming image
Typically it consists of three, four or
                                                            
                                    
five lenses:
Obiective Lens - OL
Intermediate lens - IL (one or
                                    two)
Projection lens - PL, (one or two)
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 39Obiective lens
The lens of the greatest importance
Generates a first image
                                                            
                                    
(original image)
In the back focal plane image is created diffraction
It
                                    has the shortest focal length possible, to minimize spherical aberration coefficient
It comprises a device for correction of astigmatism
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 40Obiective aperture
Improves contrast of final image
By changing the position of
                                                            
                                    
this aperture we can get different types of images
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 41Intermediate Lens
It enables to obtain:
magnification of initial image
diffraction pattern of
                                                            
                                    
the selected area SAED
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 42Diffraction aperture
Used to obtain a diffraction pattern of the selected
                                                            
                                    
area - SAED
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 43Projector Lens
Used for the final magnification of image obrazu
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 44Registration of images
Visualization of the images is on the screen
                                                            
                                    
coated with phosphor
The electrons falling on the screen, causing the
                                    emission of photons of visible light and allow visual observation of images
Registration of images is possible on films or digital circuits CCD
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
                            Слайд 47Power Supply
 To ensure production of appropriate voltages used for:
cathode
                                                            
                                    
heating, accelerating movement of electrons,
excitation systems of lenses 
powering auxiliary
                                    system
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
											
											
                            Слайд 52Effect of electron beam into a thin TEM sample
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 53Scanning Transmission Microscope - STEM
Transmission electron microscope equipped with a
                                                            
                                    
transmission detector further analyzes the passing electrons.
In STEM may also
                                    include other detectors typical for SEM like: SE, BSE and X-ray
Advantages:
opportunity to observe specimens thicker than in the TEM
possibility to perform microanalysis by EDS or EELS
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 55HVTEM / HRTEM
HVTEM – High Voltage TEM 
HRTEM – High
                                                            
                                    
Resolution TEM
Used for studies crystalline samples
It enables observation of atoms
                                    and atomic planes
Zoom up to several million times
It enables observation of crystal structure, crystal defects, the interphase boundaries.
It enables testing of thicker samples
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 57HVTEM
  The amorphous carbon coated with sprayed Li4Ti5O12. 
                            							
														
						 
											
											
                            Слайд 59HVHRTEM 
Atomic resolution:
Grain boundaries orientation
Interphase boundaries, subgrains, stacking faults, t
                                                            
                                    microtwins, polytype structure
Defects of atoms distribution inside crystallline and amorphous
                                    phases
Gold particle on carbon film
                                
 
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 60EDS –  X-ray radiation
X-ray - formed in the electron
                                                            
                                    
beam column takes an electron from an inner shell of
                                    the atom in the test sample. His place is taken by an electron from a higher energy shell emitting quantum characteristic energy
The radiation energy is characteristic of the element
Possible chemical composition - microanalysis (detection of elements)
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 61Energy Distribution Spectrum - EDS
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 62EELS – 
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy (EELS) - is based
                                                            
                                    
on the analysis of the energy distribution of scattered electrons.
                                    With such a collision the electron loses some part of their kinetic energy - the energy of the primary electrons E0 is reduced by the value characteristic for the material
It is possible microanalysis chemical composition.
The EELS spectrometer is placed under the screen
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
                            Слайд 65The influence of the sample thickness on research capabilities TEM
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 66Selected Area Electron Diffraction
The need to remove the contrast aperture
Changing
                                                            
                                    
the current excitation of the intermediate and projection lenses
Introduction selection
                                    aperture - SA
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 67Diffraction image formation 
Mikrodiffraction
(SAED – selected area electron diffraction )
                                                            
                                    
– minimal diameter of diffraction surface is 1μm
Nanodiffraction
(CBED – convergent
                                    
beam electron
diffraction) 
– diameter of 
diffraction surface is 
less than 100nm
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 68Electron Diffraction – Bragg’s model 
Bragg’s condition for electron beam
                                                            
                                    
diffraction
    nλ=2dsinθ
During the interaction of the electron
                                    beam with a sample of the crystalline structure, below the sample is receive the primary beam and the diffracted beams as much as lattice planes with various plane indices hkl satisfies the Bragg equation
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 69Geometry of electron diffraction in TEM
Location reflections with respect to
                                                            
                                    
the central point indicates the orientation reflected planes (hkl) -
                                    vectors connecting track beam indomitable successive reflections are perpendicular to the planes, and their length is inversely proportional to the spacings
          
          r = L ·tg2θ
           r = L·λ/d
 λL – constant of microscope
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 70Interpretation of electron diffraction patterns
Identification of the structure of the
                                                            
                                    
investigated crystal from which the reflections were formed
Indexing (specify indexes
                                    of atom planes)
Crystallographic analysis based on the diffraction image (SAED)
Applying the structure of the sample on the basis of the shape of elementary lattice and intensity of reflections
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 71Application of electron diffraction in materials investigation
Diffraction studies enable the
                                                            
                                    
identification of the observed phase
Identification of a polycrystal on the
                                    basis of the diffraction pattern is compared with the calculated measurement of the interplanar spacings with values contained in the databases of crystallographic data and determining the indices indices of {hkl} atom planes forming a diffraction pattern
In the case of a single crystal identification is a comprehensive solution diffraction pattern - defining indexes of atomic planes (hkl), zone axis [uvw] and their mutual crystallographic orientation
                                
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 72Examples of diffraction patterns
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 73Examples of TEM investigation
Mikrostructure of low alloyed steel
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 74Imperfections in the crystal structure (dislocations and grain boundary between
                                                            
                                    
the two polycrystal).
Image obtained by TEM.
                                                                    
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 75Martensite inside structure of steel 35SG grade
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 76Dislocations and grain boundaries in chromium – molybdenum steel
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 77Structure of the two-phase polymer
                            							
														
						 
											
                            Слайд 78https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiJuG636PfQ
                            							
														
						 
											
											
											
                            Слайд 81Literatura
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