scholarly journals Importance of Surface Modification of Vacuum Equipment

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-47
Author(s):  
Tohru HONDA
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Vacuum Equipment

Recent Progress In High-Resolution Shadowing For Biological Transmission Electron Microscopy

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 510-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Gross ◽  
Katarina Krusche ◽  
Peter Tittmann
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Vacuum Equipment ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Gas Atmosphere ◽  
Gas Molecules ◽  
Residual Gas ◽  
Backing Layer

Freeze-drying followed by heavy metal shadowing is a long established and straight forward approach to routinely study the structure of dehydrated macromolecules. Very thin specimens such as isolated membranes or single macromolecules are directly adsorbed on C-coated grids. After rapid freezing the grids are transferred into a suitable vacuum equipment for freeze-drying and heavy metal shadowing.To improve the resolution power of shadowing films we introduced shadowing at very low specimen temperature (−250°C). To routinely do that without the danger of contamination we developed in collaboration with Balzers an UHV (p≤10-9 mbar) machine (BAF500K, Fig.2). It should be mentioned here that at −250°C the specimen surface acts as effective cryopump for practically all impinging residual gas molecules from the residual gas atmosphere.Common high resolution shadowing films (Pt/C, Ta/W) have to be protected from alterations due to air contact by a relatively thick C-backing layer, when transferred via atmospheric conditions into the TEM. Such an additional C-coat contributes disturbingly to the contrast at high resolution.

Surface Modification of PMMA by Ion Irradiation

2012 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-232
Author(s):  
Junya Yokoyama ◽  
Toru Iwao ◽  
Motoshige Yumoto
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Ion Irradiation

Surface Modification of Casting Al-Alloy by Plasma-Based Ion Implantation

2001 ◽  
Vol 121 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-377
Author(s):  
Tetsuji Yamanishi ◽  
Yoshihito Hara ◽  
Kingo Azuma ◽  
Etsuo Fujiwara ◽  
Mitsuyasu Yatsuzuka
Keyword(s):  
Surface Modification ◽  
Ion Implantation ◽  
Al Alloy
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