McCarroll I E, Bagot P A J, Devaraj A, Perea D E, Cairney J M
Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney, Madsen Building F09, NSW 2006, Australia.
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, United Kingdom.
Mater Today Adv. 2020 Sep;7. doi: 10.1016/j.mtadv.2020.100090. Epub 2020 Jul 10.
There has been a recent surge in the use of cryo and/or vacuum specimen preparation and transfer systems to broaden the scope of research enabled by the microscopy technique of atom probe tomography. This is driven by the fact that, as for many microscopes, the application of atom probes to air- and temperature-sensitive materials or wet biological specimens has previously been limited by transfer through air at room temperature. Here we provide an overview of areas of research that benefit from these new transfer and analysis protocols, as well as a review of current advances in transfer devices, environmental cells, and glove boxes for controlled specimen manipulation. This includes the study of catalysis and corrosion, biological samples, liquid-solid interfaces, natural aging, and the distribution of hydrogen in materials.
最近，低温和/或真空样本制备与转移系统的使用激增，以拓宽原子探针层析成像显微镜技术所能开展的研究范围。这是因为，与许多显微镜一样，原子探针在应用于对空气和温度敏感的材料或湿生物样本时，此前一直受到在室温下通过空气转移的限制。在此，我们概述了受益于这些新转移和分析方案的研究领域，并综述了用于受控样本操作的转移装置、环境舱和手套箱的当前进展。这包括催化与腐蚀研究、生物样本、液固界面、自然老化以及材料中氢的分布研究。
