Universal liquid sample device and process for high resolution transmission electron microscope imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials

Title: Universal liquid sample device and process for high resolution transmission electron microscope imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials

Abstract

Liquid sample imaging devices and processes are disclosed for high resolution TEM imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials in situ under high vacuum that are compatible with standard type TEM chip membranes and TEM sample holders allowing TEM liquid sample imaging to be performed wherever a TEM instrument is accessible and at a substantially reduced cost compared to prior art systems and approaches.

Inventors:: Yu, Xiao-Ying; Kovarik, Libor; Arey, Bruce W.

Issue Date:: 2020-03-24

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1637801

Patent Number(s):: 10598609

Application Number:: 15/483,939

Assignee:: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N23/2204 - Specimen supports therefor

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
H01J2237/2802 - Transmission microscopes
H01J37/20 - Means for supporting or positioning the objects or the material
H01J37/26 - Electron or ion microscopes

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N23/02 - by transmitting the radiation through the material

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
H01J37/16 - Vessels

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 04/10/2017

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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                    Yu, Xiao-Ying, Kovarik, Libor, and Arey, Bruce W. Universal liquid sample device and process for high resolution transmission electron microscope imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Yu, Xiao-Ying, Kovarik, Libor, & Arey, Bruce W. Universal liquid sample device and process for high resolution transmission electron microscope imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials.  United States.

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        "Universal liquid sample device and process for high resolution transmission electron microscope imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1637801.

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  abstractNote = {Liquid sample imaging devices and processes are disclosed for high resolution TEM imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials in situ under high vacuum that are compatible with standard type TEM chip membranes and TEM sample holders allowing TEM liquid sample imaging to be performed wherever a TEM instrument is accessible and at a substantially reduced cost compared to prior art systems and approaches.},

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