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Microscopy and Microanalysis » Instrumentation » TEM
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
 
Optical microscopes use light to produce an image. Diffraction of the incident light limits the resolution of the microscope, so that the smallest things we can observe are in the same size regime as the wavelength of visible light, which spans from about 380 to 780 nm. In order to see smaller things than this, we have to use some other technique.

Thanks to the duality of quantum physics, which states that any particle, including an electron, can have both wave and particle properties, electrons can be used instead of photons to produce an image. Since electrons can have much higher energy than photons, they can also have much smaller wavelengths. The resolution can therefore be drastically improved compared to that of an optical microscope.

In a transmission electron microsope (TEM) a beam of electrons is emitted from an electron gun. The electrons are then accelerated to an energy of 100-200 keV (compared to a few eV for photons). The beam is refined and lead to the specimen via an array of magnetic lenses and is transmitted through the sample. The beam then creates an image of the specimen, or a diffraction pattern, after another set of lenses.

We have two TEMs:
Philips CM200
JEOL 2000FX






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