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 Edwards S150B Sputter Coater |
Edwards S150B Sputter Coater:
This instrument is used to apply of a thin layer (~25 nm thick) of a heavy metal, such as gold/palladium, on the specimen surface before examination in the scanning electron microscope. |
 Olympus BX-40 |
Olympus BX-40: A research quality light microscope equipped for brightfield, phase contrast, and epifluorescence with filter sets for FITC and Rhodamine applications. This microscope is also equipped with a Sony color video camera and monitor. |
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Oxford CT3500 Cryotransfer System: The Oxford system consists of a cryo-holder, a cryo-transfer workstation, a twin-blade anti-contaminator, and a digital temperature controller. This systems enables frozen thin films of liquid samples to be examined in the TEM without being melted or destroyed by the intense energy of the electron beam. The cryo-workstation is filled with liquid nitrogen (-170º C) to provide an extremely cold work area that is used to transfer a previously frozen specimen grid to the tip of the cryo-holder. The cryo-holder will maintain the temperature of -170º C when the tip is inside the vacuum of the microscope column and the reservoir is filled with liquid nitrogen. |
 
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