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

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 id="_Toc444500106" name="_Toc444500106">name="_Toc444499835">name="_Toc444497480">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

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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