FIELD EMISSION SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON

The morphology of silver nanopartilces on the cotton surface and paint samples was observed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM JSM-6700F, JEOL, Japan). The size and shape of the nanoparticles in solution were determined with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (LEO-912-OMEGA, Carl Zeiss, Germany). 

Among the different types of electron microscopes such as the SEM, the TEM, the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), and the field emission... 

The electron microscopes can be divided into two types (166) scanning electron microscopes (SEM), which use a 10-nm electron beam at the specimen surface, and transmission electron microscopes (TEM). With current TEMs, resolution of about 0.2 nm can be achieved, provided very thin (<20 nm) samples are available. With conventional inorganic oxide-supported metal catalysts, particles of approximately 1 nm can be detected. Scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM) use a high brightness dark-field emission gun to produce a probe about 0.3 nm in diameter and combine the techniques of SEM and TEM. Further experimental and theoretical aspects of electron microscopy applied to catalysis have been reviewed recently (113, 167-169). 

The technique involves a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) and a high brightness electron source, a field emission gun (FEG to ensure sufficient current in a l-2nm diameter probe to excite a useful X-ray intensity. 

Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), glancing incidence x-ray diffraction (GIXRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), micro Raman scattering, Fourier transform inftaied (FTIR) spectrometry, Rutherford back scattering (RBS) studies and electron probe micro analysis (EPMA) have been carried out to obtain micro-structural and compositional properties of the diamond/p-SiC nanocomposite films. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and indentation studies have been carried out to obtain film properties on the tribological and mechanical front. 

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