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Principles and Practice of Variable Pressure / Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (VP-ESEM)
Author(s): Debbie Stokes (Author)
- Publisher: Wiley
- Publication Date: 14 Nov. 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0470065400
- ISBN-13: 9780470065402
Book Description
- 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
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From the Inside Flap
This text outlines the principles and applications in a generic way, applicable to readers familiar with any of the types of VP-ESEM on the market, irrespective of manufacturer
The book addresses various aspects of the topic in six chapters.
- Chapter 1 – A brief historical overview contains background information charting the development and growth of the technique and its underlying principles
- Chapter 2 – Principles of SEM gives an overview of various aspects of the conventional high vacuum SEM, in preparation for later chapters covering the greater variety of operating conditions associated with the VP-ESEM
- Chapter 3 – General principles of VP-ESEM: utilising a gas reviews the basic scientific principles of signal formation and collection in a gaseous environment, including specimen stability as a function of water vapour pressure and/or temperature.
- Chapter 4 – Imaging and analysis in the VP-ESEM: the influence of a gas looks at the properties and effects of different gases, pressures and primary electron energies, with particular attention to electron scattering and its effects on imaging and microanalysis
- Chapter 5 – Imaging uncoated specimens in the VP-ESEM briefly looks at the pros and cons of putting native-state materials in the VP-ESEM, such as primary electron beam penetration, radiation damage and, crucially, the properties of materials in an electric field and the influence of gaseous positive ions
- Chapter 6 – A lab in a chamber – in situ methods in VP-ESEM and other applications concludes the book with a survey of dynamic experiments such as: tensile testing, vapour-deposition of nanostructures, oxidation and reduction,lithography, ice crystallization and wetting of surfaces, to name a few, as well as unique imaging methods, plus an extensive review of the literature covering both hard and soft materials.
This book is intended as a guide to help those that are just starting out with VP-ESEM, as well as those with more experience looking to gain a deeper appreciation of the concepts.
From the Back Cover
This text outlines the principles and applications in a generic way, applicable to readers familiar with any of the types of VP-ESEM on the market, irrespective of manufacturer
The book addresses various aspects of the topic in six chapters.
- Chapter 1 – A brief historical overview contains background information charting the development and growth of the technique and its underlying principles
- Chapter 2 – Principles of SEM gives an overview of various aspects of the conventional high vacuum SEM, in preparation for later chapters covering the greater variety of operating conditions associated with the VP-ESEM
- Chapter 3 – General principles of VP-ESEM: utilising a gas reviews the basic scientific principles of signal formation and collection in a gaseous environment, including specimen stability as a function of water vapour pressure and/or temperature.
- Chapter 4 – Imaging and analysis in the VP-ESEM: the influence of a gas looks at the properties and effects of different gases, pressures and primary electron energies, with particular attention to electron scattering and its effects on imaging and microanalysis
- Chapter 5 – Imaging uncoated specimens in the VP-ESEM briefly looks at the pros and cons of putting native-state materials in the VP-ESEM, such as primary electron beam penetration, radiation damage and, crucially, the properties of materials in an electric field and the influence of gaseous positive ions
- Chapter 6 – A lab in a chamber – in situ methods in VP-ESEM and other applications concludes the book with a survey of dynamic experiments such as: tensile testing, vapour-deposition of nanostructures, oxidation and reduction,lithography, ice crystallization and wetting of surfaces, to name a few, as well as unique imaging methods, plus an extensive review of the literature covering both hard and soft materials.
This book is intended as a guide to help those that are just starting out with VP-ESEM, as well as those with more experience looking to gain a deeper appreciation of the concepts.
About the Author
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.
