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Peter Harris
Advanced SEM: ESEM and Cryo-SEM
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Electron Microscopy
Specimen
Condenser lens
Objective lens
Specimen
Projector lens
Fluorescent screen
Electron gun
Digital camera
Transmission electron microscopeScanning electron microscope
Adenovirus negatively stained with uranyl acetate
Wasp eye
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• High vacuum (~ 10-6 Torr)
• Dry samples
• Conductive samples
Specimen
Conventional SEM
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• Many interesting samples contain water:
– Plant/animal tissues
– Food samples
– Gels/colloids
– Suspensions of particles
Water
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Air drying a hydrated sample
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Leaf cross-section
Drying Damage
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• Drying solutions:
– Freeze Drying
– Critical Point Drying
Workshop 14 November
Solutions to the water problem - 1
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Non-drying solutions:
ESEM:Cool sample & introducewater vapour into chamber
Cryo-SEM:Freeze sample in liquid nitrogen and imagein frozen state
Solutions to the water problem - 2
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• Differentially pumped apertures for pressure separation.
Innovations
1980s: ElectroScan ESEM. First successful commercial ESEM. Gaseous secondary electron detector.
• New (backscattered) electron detector.
Late 1970s: Development of ESEM by D. Danilatos (Australian Wool Corporation)
• Cooled specimen to retain moisture.
Today: FEI Company are at the forefront of ESEM development.
History of ESEM
Ref: V. Robinson, “The development of variable pressure scanning
electron microscopy”, Microscopy and Analysis, Nov/Dec 2016, p.17.
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ESEM: how it works
• Differential Pumping
• Pressure limiting aperture: typical
chamber pressure 10 Torr
• Gaseous secondary electron detector
• Sample cooling: typical temperature
5°CCooled specimen
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Secondary electronsfrom sample strike watermolecules.
Positively charged watermolecules are attracted tonegatively charged sample.
Negative charge at samplesurface is neutralized.
ESEM samples don’t have to be coated!
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ESEM – plant specimens
Cocoa embryo torpedo stage Basil leaf
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• Raspberry buds : Hiroyuki Imanishi, Plant Sciences
ESEM – plant specimens
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ESEM – plant specimens
Drosera adelae stigma, ESEM
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ESEM – plant specimens
Wild strawberry flower in early stages of growth - Rashed Alzahrani, SBS.
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Potato, starch grains in situ Potato, starch grains washed out
ESEM – food specimens
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ESEM: other samples
Fat crystals Preserved nematode
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ESEM: imaging water
Condensation on ostrich feathers
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ESEM: limitations
• Limited Resolution ~10x worse
than conventional SEM
• Limited field of view
• Lack of contrast
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1. Sample is frozen
2. Frozen sample is handled under vacuum
3. Fractured/sublimation/coating
4. Frozen sample transferred to SEM cryo
stage
5. Normal high vacuum imaging
Cryo-stage
Cryo-SEM: how it works
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• SEM mounted preparation
chamber
• Quorum: PolarPrep 2000
Cryo-SEM: how it works
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Cryo-SEM: how it works
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Cryo-SEM: how it works
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Preparation chamber:Fracturing/sublimation/coating
Cryo-SEM: how it works
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Cryo-SEM: how it works
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Cryo-SEM: fracturing liquid samples
Xanthan Gum in water Natural Greek yogurt
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Cryo-SEM: freeze fracturing
Cotoneaster leaf fractured at -140°C Grass leaf fractured at -190°C
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Cryo-SEM: freeze fracturing
Short dough biscuit - Dr Veronica Giacintucci FNS. Green areas are starch particles.
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Cryo-SEM: sublimation
Ice cream (-90°C for 15mins @ ~10-3 Pa)Ice cream (-90°C for 5mins@ ~10-3 Pa)
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Cryo-SEM
60% oil in water emulsionCappuccino foam
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Cryo-SEM & ESEM: Summary
• Both: hydrated samples
• ESEM: less sample preparation
• ESEM: faster
• Cryo-SEM: higher magnifications
• Cryo-SEM: liquid samples
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Becoming an EMLab user
Sherrie Foo
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Remaining workshops
Date Topic
14 November 2017Biological specimen
preparation for SEM
21 November 2017X-ray Analysis and
Elemental Mapping
28 November 2017Biological specimen
preparation for TEM
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Presentations available on website
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► Questions?
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