作者: Sana Azim , Lindsey A. Bultema , Michiel B. de Kock , Ernesto Rafael Osorio-Blanco , Marcelo Calderón
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927620024654
关键词: Polystyrene 、 Materials science 、 Soft matter 、 Electron microscope 、 Transmission electron microscopy 、 Colloidal gold 、 Composite material 、 Core (optical fiber) 、 Flow velocity 、 Electron
摘要: Liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy is a technique for simultaneous imaging of the structure and dynamics specimens in liquid environment. The conventional sample geometry consists layer tightly sandwiched between two Si3N4 windows with nominal spacing on order 0.5 μm. We describe variation approach, wherein are separated by 10-μm-thick spacer, thus providing room gas flow inside specimen enclosure. Adjusting pressure speed humid air this environmental cell (ELC) creates stable controllable thickness bottom window, facilitating high-resolution observations low mass-thickness contrast objects at doses. demonstrate thicknesses range 160 ± 34 to 340 71 nm resulting corresponding edge resolutions 0.8 0.06 1.7 as measured immersed gold nanoparticles. Liquid 40 8 allowed low-contrast polystyrene particles. Hydration effects ELC have been studied using poly-N-isopropylacrylamide nanogels silica core. Therefore, can be suitable tool situ investigations specimens.