IMCES Instruments for Electron Microscopy

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Medizinisches Forschungszentrum (MFZ), 1st floor, room 1.035 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) - JEOL JEM 1400Plus

120 KV TEM with LaB6 cathode, point resolution 0.38 nm with standard holder, ±70° tilt holder, cryo-holder
for
- standard transmission electron microscopy
- tomographical investigations --> 3D reconstructions
- cryo transmission electron microscopy

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Medizinisches Forschungszentrum (MFZ), 1st floor, room 1.035 Plunge Freezer - Leica EM GP

This device is for ultra-quick freezing of smallest amounts of solutions containing sample material

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Medizinisches Forschungszentrum (MFZ), 1st floor, room 1.035 Cryo Transfer System for Transmission Electron Microscopy - Fischione Model 2550

This comprises
- a cryo plunge freezer Leica EM GP (see on the right),
- a cryo transfer system Fischione 2550 with cryo TEM holder,
- a dry pumping station JEOL JEC-4000 DS,
- & a temperature measuring device

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Scanning Electron Microscopy

Medizinisches Forschungszentrum (MFZ), 1st floor, room 1.039 Cryo FIB/SEM - Zeiss Crossbeam 540

Cryo-SEM with capella column with Ga+++ FIB, in-lens, SE2- and energy selective detectors, STEM, GIS, resolution 0.7 nm at 30KV with Atlas software package
for
- standard scanning electron microscopy
- focused ion beam investigations --> 3D reconstructions
- cryo scanning electron microscopy

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Medizinisches Forschungszentrum (MFZ), 1st floor, room 1.039 SEM Cryo Preparation System - Quorum PP3010T

Preparation table + preparation chamber (Quorum PP3010T) which is directly flunshed onto the SEM
for
- cryo scanning electron microscopy
- freeze etching and fracturing scanning electron microscopy

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