Principles and Practice of Variable Pressure
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (VP-ESEM)
RMS - Royal Microscopical Society

1. Auflage November 2008
234 Seiten, Hardcover
Handbuch/Nachschlagewerk
Kurzbeschreibung
Containing clear, concise explanations, Principles and Practice of Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscopy (VPSEM) provides a simple starting point to the subject, which is especially useful for new users, technicians, and students. Published in association with the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS), the book presents information in a manner that allows readers to turn principles into practice, making it a relevant resource for those in academic institutions and a wide range of related industry segments where scanning electron microscopy is used.
Von ausführlichen Literaturhinweisen über die technischen Voraussetzungen der Rasterelektronentunnelmikroskopie geht der Text zur Beschreibung der Objektvorbereitung über. Die Kapitel im Hauptteil behandeln das Thema aus jeweils verschiedenen Fachgebieten: Physik, Materialwissenschaft, Biowissenschaften, industrielle Produktion von Lebensmitteln oder Kosmetika. Auch interdisziplinäre Ansätze werden beleuchtet.
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