TSU will study nanoparticles at a new level
The TSU collective use center Analytical Center for the Geochemistry of Natural Systems has received a MIRA 3 LMU scanning electron microscope, which makes it possible to conduct research in the nanometer range and obtain an increase in power from 2 times to 1 million times. It will be used for basic and applied research in chemistry, geology, and physics, in particular, for research to improve the properties of nano- and biomaterials.
- The equipment was supplied by TESCAN (Czech Republic), a world-famous manufacturer of scanning electron microscopes,- says Dmitry Lychagin, head of the Department of Mineralogy and Geochemistry at the TSU Faculty of Geology and Geography. - A high-speed detector manufactured by the British company Oxford Instruments is installed on the microscope that determines the local chemical composition of a substance. The type and orientation of the crystal lattice is analyzed using an attachment for the diffraction of back-reflected electrons, which can be paired with an analyzer of chemical composition. This makes it possible to simultaneously obtain maps of the chemical composition and crystalline structure of the substance.
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