A (S)TEM Gas Cell Holder with Localized Laser Heating for In Situ Experiments

Mehraeen, Shareghe; McKeown, Joseph T.; Deshmukh, Pushkarraj V.; Evans, James E.; Abellan, Patricia; Xu, Pinghong; Reed, Bryan W.; Taheri, Mitra L.; Fischione, Paul E.; Browning, Nigel D.

doi:10.1017/S1431927612014419

Title: A (S)TEM Gas Cell Holder with Localized Laser Heating for In Situ Experiments

Journal Article · Mon Mar 04 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Microscopy and Microanalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927612014419· OSTI ID:1073110

Mehraeen, Shareghe ^[1]; McKeown, Joseph T. ^[2]; Deshmukh, Pushkarraj V. ^[3]; Evans, James E. ^[4]; Abellan, Patricia ^[5]; Xu, Pinghong ^[6]; Reed, Bryan W. ^[2]; Taheri, Mitra L. ^[7]; Fischione, Paul E. ^[3]; Browning, Nigel D. ^[8]

Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Condensed Matter and Materials Division
E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc., Export, PA (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Chemical and Materials Science Division
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Chemical and Materials Science Division
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Chemical and Materials Science Division; Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

We report that the advent of aberration correction for transmission electron microscopy has transformed atomic resolution imaging into a nearly routine technique for structural analysis. Now an emerging frontier in electron microscopy is the development of in situ capabilities to observe reactions at atomic resolution in real time and within realistic environments. Here we present a new in situ gas cell holder that is designed for compatibility with a wide variety of sample type (i.e., dimpled 3-mm discs, standard mesh grids, various types of focused ion beam lamellae attached to half grids). Its capabilities include localized heating and precise control of the gas pressure and composition while simultaneously allowing atomic resolution imaging at ambient pressure. The results show that 0.25-nm lattice fringes are directly visible for nanoparticles imaged at ambient pressure with gas path lengths up to 20 μm. Additionally, we quantitatively demonstrate that while the attainable contrast and resolution decrease with increasing pressure and gas path length, resolutions better than 0.2 nm should be accessible at ambient pressure with gas path lengths less than the 15 μm utilized for these experiments.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Institutes of Health (NIH); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-76RL01830; FG52-06NA26213; RR025032-01; RC1GM091755

OSTI ID:: 1073110

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-563558; applab

Journal Information:: Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 19, Issue 02; ISSN 1431-9276

Publisher:: Microscopy Society of America (MSA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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