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 & 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.