As semiconductor device feature sizes shrink and new nanoscale materials are developed, traditional characterization tools used to study local changes within semiconductors and electronic circuits start becoming obsolete. With in situ TEM, you can image systems at atomic resolution to conduct understand working conditions or test the performance of new devices and materials in your lab.
Application Notes
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Chemical Stability of Thermoelectrics
Mapping the chemical stability of thermoelectric materials in the SEM
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Capturing Magnetic Phase Transformations
Phase transformations in magnetic iron-based nanoparticles
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Testing Nanoscale Electrical Devices
Exploring electrical switching mechanisms of nanoscale ReRAM devices
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Reducing Defect Density in Graphene
Using precise electrical biases to reduce defect density in graphene sheets
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Improving Lithium Ion Batteries
Improving coulombic efficiency of lithium-ion batteries with in situ quantitative electrochemistry
Videos
Watch dynamic behavior of real samples in situ.
Read more about the observation of charging and discharging of lithium batteries via in situ TEM by Mehdi et al. here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00175
Using the Protochips Fusion System in the SEM, we show Schott glass melting at ~620 °C. Its known melting point is 622 °C. This demonstrates the accuracy of the Fusion heating system. For more information on Fusion, visit www.protochips.com/fusion.
This video shows gold nanoparticles at 600 C. The video shows the stability of the Protochips Fusion™ at high temperatures and the ability to resolve dynamic events with sub-Angstrom resolution. The initial video was taken at 1 frame per second, and then sped up to 5 frames per second using video editing software later. The video was taken in the TEAM 0.5 microscope (FEI Titan, 300 kV, Cs aberration correction, monochromator) at Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
In Situ Liquid Electrochemistry: Charging a Nanoscale Lithium Ion Battery
Fusion™ In Situ Heating and Electrical Holder: Schott Glass Melting
Au Nanoparticles at Atomic Resolution at 600 C
Poseidon Select+ Electronic Devices
Charge and discharge nanoscale batteries and their liquid electrolytes while monitoring battery performance and coulombic efficiency.
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Fusion Select+ Electronic Devices
Apply current and voltage to nanoscale samples ranging from transistors to 2D materials.
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