Debbie Stokes

Principles and Practice of Variable Pressure / Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (VP-ESEM) (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

* Offers a simple starting point to VPSEM, especially for new users, technicians and students containing clear, concise explanations * Crucially, the principles and applications outlined in this book are completely generic: i.e. applicable to all types of VPSEM, irrespective of manufacturer. * Information presented will enable reader to turn principles into practice * Published in association with the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) -www.rms.org.uk

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470758748
• Artikelnr.: 37299151

Autorenporträt

Dr Debbie Stokes, Academic Visitor, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK and Director of MicroSci; Obtained her degree in polymers from Bristol University in 1994. In 1996 moved to Cavendish laboratory to do her Ph D on use of environmental SEM with Professor Athene Donald. In 1999 became Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow and a Junior Research Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, becoming a Senior Research Fellow in 2002. Currently working at the Cavendish Laboratory funded by her consultancy business MicroSci.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Chapter 1 -A brief historical overview
1.1 Scanning electron microscopy
1.2 The development of imaging in a gas environment
Chapter 2 -Principles of SEM
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Electron sources
2.3 Electron optics
2.4 Signals and detection
2.5 Practical aspects of electron beam irradiation
2.6 the sem in operation
 
Chapter 3 -General principles of VP-ESEM: utilising a gas
3.1 Introduction
3.2 VP-ESEM instrumentation
3.3 Signal generation in a gas
3.4 Imaging with water vapour 
 
Chapter 4 -Imaging and analysis in the VP-ESEM: the influence of a gas
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Background to theoretical calculations 
4.3 Which gas?
4.4 Exploring the gas path length
4.5 How much gas?
4.6 X-ray microanalysis in the VP-ESEM
 
Chapter 5 -Imaging uncoated specimens in the VP-ESEM
 5.1 Introduction
5.2 Electronic structure
5.3 Factors affecting secondary electron emission
5.4 The influence of the specimen on the system
5.5 Time- and temperature-dependent effects
5.6 imaging soft materials
5.7 Effects of ions on imaging
5.8 Imaging with a gas: summary
 
Chapter 6 -A lab in a chamber - in situ methods in VP-ESEM and other
applications
 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Nanocharacterisation of insulating materials
6.3 In situ experiments
6.4 Other applications