Grant: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
University of British Columbia
$2,981.00
STEM-in-SEM: A Tool For the High Throughput Analytical Characterization of Materials at the Nanoscale
FY 2014-15
Summary
This proposal seeks funds for a scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) detector and ancillary equipment. This equipment will be used in conjunction with our existing high resolution field emission gun scanning electron microscope in the multidisciplinary AMPEL Electron Microscopy User Facility. This STEM-in-SEM detector, along with the associated mechanical noise cancellation system, will have a major impact on the ability of UBC researchers to study materials at the nanometric scale. As UBC is currently without an analytical transmission electron microscope, the proposed STEM-in-SEM detector will provide the only capacity at UBC for researchers to both observe and perform nanoscale chemical analysis on inorganic materials. This will greatly accelerate new developments in both carbon nanostructures for electronics as well as nanoscale precipitation control in structural alloys. It will also provide researchers at UBC a tool that can bridge, at higher throughput and lower cost, higher resolution experiments at specialized facilities such as the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.
Program
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
472524-2015
Name nom
Sinclair, Chadwick
Department département
Materials Engineering
Organization id
2
Institution établissement
University of British Columbia
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
2981
Program id
EQPEQ
Program name en
Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
Program name fr
Outils et instruments de recherche - catégorie 1 (<150 000$)
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1511
Committee name en
Materials and Chemical Engineering
Committee name fr
Génie chimique et des matériaux
Area of application code
602
Area of application group en
Construction, urban and rural planning
Area of application group fr
Construction, urbanisme et aménagement rural
Area of application en
Materials performance
Area of application fr
Performance des matériaux
Research subject code
2000
Research subject group en
Materials science and technology
Research subject group fr
Science et technologie des matériaux
Research subject en
Materials science and technology
Research subject fr
Science et technologie des matériaux
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
STEM-in-SEM: A Tool For the High Throughput Analytical Characterization of Materials at the Nanoscale
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This proposal seeks funds for a scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) detector and ancillary equipment. This equipment will be used in conjunction with our existing high resolution field emission gun scanning electron microscope in the multidisciplinary AMPEL Electron Microscopy User Facility. This STEM-in-SEM detector, along with the associated mechanical noise cancellation system, will have a major impact on the ability of UBC researchers to study materials at the nanometric scale. As UBC is currently without an analytical transmission electron microscope, the proposed STEM-in-SEM detector will provide the only capacity at UBC for researchers to both observe and perform nanoscale chemical analysis on inorganic materials. This will greatly accelerate new developments in both carbon nanostructures for electronics as well as nanoscale precipitation control in structural alloys. It will also provide researchers at UBC a tool that can bridge, at higher throughput and lower cost, higher resolution experiments at specialized facilities such as the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.
