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A Piezoelectric Goniometer Inside a Transmission Electron Microscope Goniometer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2011

Wei Guan ,
Aiden Lockwood ,
Beverley J. Inkson  and
Günter Möbus
Wei Guan*
Affiliation:
NanoLAB Centre, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
Aiden Lockwood
Affiliation:
NanoLAB Centre, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
Beverley J. Inkson
Affiliation:
NanoLAB Centre, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
Günter Möbus*
Affiliation:
NanoLAB Centre, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
*
Corresponding author. E-mail: w.guan@sheffield.ac.uk
Corresponding author. E-mail: g.moebus@sheffield.ac.uk
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Abstract

Piezoelectric nanoactuators, which can provide extremely stable and reproducible positioning, are rapidly becoming the dominant means for position control in transmission electron microscopy. Here we present a second-generation miniature goniometric nanomanipulation system, which is fully piezo-actuated with ultrafine step size for translation and rotation, programmable, and can be fitted inside a hollowed standard specimen holder for a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The movement range of this miniaturized drive is composed of seven degrees of freedom: three fine translational movements (X, Y, and Z axes), three coarse translational movements along all three axes, and one rotational movement around the X-axis with an integrated angular sensor providing absolute rotation feedback. The new piezoelectric system independently operates as a goniometer inside the TEM goniometer. In situ experiments, such as tomographic tilt without missing wedge and differential tilt between two specimens, are demonstrated.

Keywords

in situ TEMelectron tomographynanomanipulationpiezo drive
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Equipment/Techniques Development
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , October 2011 , pp. 827 - 833
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2011

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