Electron Microscopy

Philips BioTwin 12 Transmission Electron Microscope (located in HSRB)

• Accelerating voltages from 20 to 120 kV
• Image magnification from 19.5x to 300,000x
• Tungsten or Lab6 filaments available
• Digital control of all peripherals
• Flat-screen monitors for microscope information and image display
• STEM bright field /dark field detector
• EDAX detector for elemental analysis down to boron
• Film camera for 3.25 x 4 inch sheet film
• Gatan ES 1000W CCD digital camera with  4k x 2.7k resolution
• Image acquisition: tif or jpg format
• Data storage: USB flash drive, CD or DVD
• Windows XP operating system

Hitachi 7100 Transmission Electron Microscope (located in HSRB)

• Accelerating voltages from 25 kV to 125 kV
• Image magnification from 50x to 600,000x
• Tungsten filament
• Film camera for 3.25 x 4 inch sheet film
• Image rotation function