Transmission electron microscope

Tender description

As part of the University of Limerick's Bernal Project, which is focused on generating real impact for Ireland in the strategic areas of Pharmaceutical Science and Engineering, Modern Materials, Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Energy and Sustainable Environment, the University has acquired a top-of-the range transmission electron microscope (TEM). This will enable much required investigations on the atomic scale to be carried out on materials which are the major players in these areas. A recent Infrastructure award now enables the addition of capacities to this TEM, which will make its performance outstanding and unique, exhibited only by a handful of TEMs worldwide. Lot 1: High speed, high sensitivity electron detector to be installed in a Transmission Electron Microscope, (TEM). Lot 2: Cryo Transfer Tomography Holder for TEM. Lot 3: In-situ holders: 1: In-situ gas holder for TEM; 1: In-situ heating and biasing holder for TEM; 1: In-situ liquid holder for TEM. We are in search of an electron detector, to be installed in a Titan Themis, (high base, double corrected, monochromated) TEM with full analytical facilities, housed in the Bernal Institute of the University of Limerick. The cryo-transfer holder will enable cryo transfer and studies - including tomography - of thin-film frozen-hydrated/vitrified specimens to be carried out in a transmission electron microscope with a pole piece gap of approximately 5mm for tomographic studies. In-situ holders: 1: In-situ gas holder for TEM; 1: In-situ heating and biasing holder for TEM; 1: In-situ liquid holder for TEM.