PointlessInConcept

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TEM uses an electron beam like an SEM. ?

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It is also used to make single atom transistors in silicon by placing a phosphorus atom dopant 5/

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***Close to the sample

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measure very small magnetic fields of atomic structures so you see the magnetic gradient of a substrate

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I don't specialize in STM, but it's incredibly important in sub-nano fabrication. My friend use a nanodiamond on the end of one to 3/

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electron tunneling through the substrate to the tip. The tip has to be very slow to the sample (sounds harder than it actually is). 2/

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STM is quite different. It doesn't use an eBeam and is dependent on the voltage applied to the tip vs the substrate; you measure the 1/

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Same. The ones I used in Germany had their own building for this exact reason.

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SEM measures the electrons reflected off the surface of the substrate and TEM measures electrons that pass through the substrate 1/

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Short answer: where imaging detector is located. For SEM, the detector is on the same side as the eBeam. For TEM, it's on the other side

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As someone who has done this, I feel this pain....

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This is what Gold nanoparticles look like under SEM

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I should be clear, I'm not sure it is latex, but it's some large molecule (not atomic). The ordering isn't that clean and the size is varied

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But the smallest features you can image are a few nanometers. You can't get much smaller than that with SEM. You have to use a STM 3/

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For eBeam lithography, you use gold nanoparticles to adjust the focus and stagnation of the electron beam. You can see those clear as day 2/

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I should be clear, I'm not sure it is latex, but it's some large molecule (not atomic). The ordering isn't that clean and the size is varied

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The resolution of this image immediately gives away that the features are quite large. Nanoparticles are still not single atoms 1/

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SEM = Scanning election Microscope (electrons bouncing off the surface) TEM = Transmission Electron Microscope (electrons passing through)

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To see single atoms, you’d need a TEM and for that to work, you need very thin slices of the material, such as graphene

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These are way too large to be single atoms SEM images don’t have that resolution. These are most likely latex molecules nice round structure

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When we reach the end of 2020

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