Tricks of the Trade | A Novel TEM Screen Pattern for Fiber Counting
THE MICROSCOPE
2018, Volume 66:4, pp. 181–182
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/GECA7366
AUTHOR
Steven Compton
ABSTRACT
Electromagnetic wavelengths utilized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are invisible to the naked eye, therefore the image the TEM produces must be viewed indirectly by focusing the image onto a photographic plate, a digital image capture device, or a phosphor-coated fluorescent screen. Due to the response time (decay rate) achievable by phosphor materials, many TEM analysts prefer to use the phosphor screen for rapid functions, like scanning a grid opening for particles of interest or adjusting beam parameters.
