High resolution imaging by electron-beam excitation assisted optical microscope with emission layer for a brighter nanometric light source

Author(s):  
Y. Masuda ◽  
Y. Nawa ◽  
C. Morita ◽  
M. Kamiya ◽  
W. Inami ◽  
...  
2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 12897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wataru Inami ◽  
Kentaro Nakajima ◽  
Atsuo Miyakawa ◽  
Yoshimasa Kawata

Author(s):  
George C. Ruben

Single molecule resolution in electron beam sensitive, uncoated, noncrystalline materials has been impossible except in thin Pt-C replicas ≤ 150Å) which are resistant to the electron beam destruction. Previously the granularity of metal film replicas limited their resolution to ≥ 20Å. This paper demonstrates that Pt-C film granularity and resolution are a function of the method of replication and other controllable factors. Low angle 20° rotary , 45° unidirectional and vertical 9.7±1 Å Pt-C films deposited on mica under the same conditions were compared in Fig. 1. Vertical replication had a 5A granularity (Fig. 1c), the highest resolution (table), and coated the whole surface. 45° replication had a 9Å granulartiy (Fig. 1b), a slightly poorer resolution (table) and did not coat the whole surface. 20° rotary replication was unsuitable for high resolution imaging with 20-25Å granularity (Fig. 1a) and resolution 2-3 times poorer (table). Resolution is defined here as the greatest distance for which the metal coat on two opposing faces just grow together, that is, two times the apparent film thickness on a single vertical surface.


2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wataru Inami ◽  
Masahiro Fukuta ◽  
Yuriko Masuda ◽  
Yasunori Nawa ◽  
Atsushi Ono ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 1026 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osamu Kamimura ◽  
Kota Kawahara ◽  
Takahisa Doi ◽  
Takashi Dobashi ◽  
Takashi Abe ◽  
...  

AbstractDiffraction microscopy (or diffractive imaging) with iterative phase retrieval was performed using a low-energy (20-keV) electron beam to verify the possibility of high-resolution imaging with low specimen damage. Diffraction patterns of fine and uniform multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were recorded without a post-specimen lens. One- and two-dimensional phase retrievals were processed from the diffraction pattern alone. The reconstructed object images reflected the characteristic structure of the MWCNT. These results show the possibility of high-resolution imaging with a low-energy electron beam.


Microscopy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. i16-i16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshimasa Kawata ◽  
Yasunori Nawa ◽  
Wataru Inami

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