Microscopes – NORTEM

The NORTEM consortium offers access to a wide range of TEM instruments with different capabilities and complementarity between the two nodes.

Microscopes of Oslo node

Wien-filter monochromator: 0.2 eV energy resolution in EELS (at 200 kV)
Aligned for 60, 200, and 300 kV accelerating voltages
DCOR Cs probe corrector: 0.8 Å spatial resolution in STEM (at 300 kV)
Super-X EDS detector: 0.7 srad collection angle. Windowless design allows superior light element detection
High brightness XFEG
S-TWIN objective lens: 2.0 Å spatial resolution in TEM (at 300 kV)
Gatan 2k Ultrascan 1000XP CCD camera
Gatan GIF Quantum ER 965 with Ultrafast DualEELS spectrometer and 2k CCD detector
Omega-q mapping module
TrueImage Professional package
Smart tilt and k-Space Control diffraction package
Remote operation
High-visibility, low-background Double tilt sample holder, ± 35 degrees tilt in two directions
Gatan Double tilt heating holder, up to 850 °C, ± 30 degrees tilt in two directions
Gatan Double tilt cryo stage, -170 to +110 °C, ± 30 degrees tilt in two directions
Protochips Fusion 500 Double tilt holder with MEMS-based E-chips for in-situ thermal and electrothermal TEM analysis. Heating up to 1200 °C
Protochips Atmosphere gas cell system: allows high spatial resolution S/TEM imaging, EELS and EDS at ambient pressure and high temperature. Supplies experiment gases at pressures up to 1 atm, temperature between room temperature and 1000 °C at any pressure within operating range

Cold field emission gun with energy spread of < 0.3 eV
Fully aligned at 80 and 200 kV
Cs-probe corrector (Resolution in HAADF < 1Å)
Cs-image corrector (Resolution in HRTEM < 1 Å)
Centurio SDD EDX (solid angle 0.98 sr)
Quantum GIF with DualEELS and 2k CCD
2k Orius CCD (side mounted) and 2k UltraScan XP CCD (bottom mounted)
Stable 5-axis gonio with piezo control in x, y and z-directions
Detectors for BF(2x), ABF, ADF, and HAADF(2x) STEM
Gatan GMS 2.3, 64 bit.
Custom designed room with water cooled walls and field cancellation
Holders: single tilt holders, single tilt reinforced, double tilt holders (+- 30 degrees), double tilt reinforced, cold stage holder, heating holder, enviromental cell/transfer holder, tomography holders and a rotation holder.
Location: Kjemiblokk 1-U2

200 kV Schottky field emission gun (energy spread 0.7 eV). Operational at lower voltages as well
Gatan 2k UltraScan CCD (bottom mounted)
Scanning option (STEM) with BF and HAADF detector
Oxford X-max 80 SDD EDX (solid angle 0.23 sr)
ASTAR orientation mapping system
Gatan TEM/STEM tomography
Gatan GMS 2.3, 64 bit.
Holders: single tilt holders, double tilt holders (+- 30 degrees), cold stage holder, heating holder, enviromental cell/transfer holder, tomography holders and a rotation holder.
Location: Kjemiblokk 1-U2

LaB6 filament. Aligned and calibrated at 120 and 200 kV.
Gatan 2k Orius CCD (side mounted, large view)
Scanning option (STEM) with BF and HAADF detectors
GIF system with 2k CCD
Oxford X-max 80 SDD EDX (solid angle 0.23 sr)
Gatan GMS 1.8, 32 bit.
Holders: single tilt holders, double tilt holders (+- 30 degrees), cold stage holder, heating holder, environmental cell/transfer holder, tomography holders and a rotation holder.
Location: Kjemiblokk 1-U2

200 kV LaB6 filament.
Scanning option, ADF and BF STEM.
EDAX SDD EDX.
2k preGIF CCD.
Gatan GIF imaging filter (hardware upgrade 2009).
Holders: Single tilt, double tilt, cold stage (Liquid nitrogen), heating(+ 700 C).
Located in Materials Science building, Alfred Getzvei, EM-Lab, F-3.

LaB₆ filament. Aligned and calibrated at 150 and 200 kV.
Gatan model 666 parallel electron energy loss spectrometer (PEELS) with EL/P software.
1k Tietz CCD camera for digital image acquisition and negatives.
Holders: Single tilt, double tilt, cold stage (Liquid nitrogen), heating(+ 700 C), rotation.
Location: Natural sciences building BU2-105