Conventional transmission microscopy

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Analysis of individual catalyst particles less than IMm in size requires an analytical tool that focuses electrons to a small probe on the specimen. Analytical electron microscopy is usually performed with either a dedicated scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) or a conventional transmission electron microscope (TEM) with a STEM attachment. These instruments produce 1 to 50nm diameter electron probes that can be scanned across a thin specimen to form an image or stopped on an image feature to perform an analysis. In most cases, an electron beam current of about 1 nanoampere is required to produce an analytical signal in a reasonable time. 

As the vast majority of LC separations are carried out by means of gradient-elution RPLC, solvent-elimination RPLC-FUR interfaces suitable for the elimination of aqueous eluent contents are of considerable use. RPLC-FTTR systems based on TSP, PB and ultrasonic nebulisa-tion can handle relatively high flows of aqueous eluents (0.3-1 ml.min 1) and allow the use of conventional-size LC. However, due to diffuse spray characteristics and poor efficiency of analyte transfer to the substrate, their applicability is limited, with moderate (100 ng) to unfavourable (l-10pg) identification limits (mass injected). Better results (0.5-5 ng injected) are obtained with pneumatic and electrospray nebulisers, especially in combination with ZnSe substrates. Pneumatic LC-FI1R interfaces combine rapid solvent elimination with a relatively narrow spray. This allows deposition of analytes in narrow spots, so that FUR transmission microscopy achieves mass sensitivities in the low- or even sub-ng range. The flow-rates that can be handled directly by these systems are 2-50 pLmin-1, which means that micro- or narrow-bore LC (i.d. 0.2-1 mm) has to be applied. 

But darkfield conventional transmission electron microscopy can now reveal monatomic steps directly, as the micrograph in Fig. 12 shows (71). Using this kind of approach it should be possible to ascertain quantitatively the extent of the interaction between a catalyst and its underlying support. 

The use of transmission electron microscopy in heterogeneous catalysis centers around particle size distribution measurement, particle morphology and structural changes in the support. Consideration is given to the limitations of conventional electron microscopy and how modifications to the instrument enable one to conduct in-situ experiments and be in a position to directly observe many of the features of a catalyst as it participates in a reaction. In order to demonstrate the power of the in-situ electron microscopy technique examples are drawn from areas which impact on aspects of catalyst deactivation. In most cases this information could not have been readily obtained by any other means. Included in this paper is a synopsis of the methods available for preparing specimens of model and real catalyst systems which are suitable for examination by transmission electron microscopy. 

Electronic microscopic measurements were curried out with a Jeol Temscan 100 CX electron microscope equipped with a Kevex 5100 C cnergy-dispersive spectrometer. Conventional transmission and analytical electron microscopy were used. 

The prevailing knowledge on the ultrastructural pattern of pellicle formation and the micromorphological appearance of pellicle is mainly based on (conventional) transmission and scanning electron microscopic investigations [3, 17, 29, 60-67], Only a very few results have been published using novel techniques, such as cryo electron microscopy [68, 69], CLSM [28], or atomic force microscopy [19, 38, 70] for analysis of the pellicle. 

Selective chemical staining of the rubber phase of the samples using chlorosulphonic acid and osmium tetroxide, preparation of ultrathin sections (about 0.1 xm thick) in a cryoultramicro-tome, and investigation of the sections by conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM). 

There are currently two variants of STEM, depending on whether it is specifically designed for scanning microscopy operation or adopted from conventional transmission electron microscopy work. Figure 3.1 shows a... 

Wash-coat separated from the cordierite monolith by scraping was examined directly by two electron microscopy techniques CTEM (Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy) and STEM (Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy). 

Like conventional optical microscopy, the SNOM can be performed in transmission or in reflection. The most common method is the transmission SNOM in which a thin, transparent sample is excited by the tip (i.e., illumina-... 

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