The new state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope from Thermo Fisher Scientific Themis Z brings a lot of new opportunities for the characterization of crystal structure, microstructures and chemical composition of materials. Simultaneous imaging of heavy and light elements, and atomic resolution elemental imaging allow to investigate atomic structure with sub-Angstrom resolution.

The Transmission Electron Microscopy TEM laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility equipped with a FEI Tecnai G2 F20 X-Twin transmission electron microscope and a FEI FIB200TEM Focused Ion Beam device for specimen preparation. The laboratory provides powerful techniques for characterization of crystal structure, microstructures and chemical composition of materials down to a near atomic level.

The ZELMI lab for transmission electron microscopy (S)TEM provides high-resolution images of electron-transparent samples, analyses of topography and microstructure, crystal and crystal defect analyses via EDX as well as sub-atomic resolution in HR-(S)TEM.
For high-resolution transmission electron microscopy analyses, two devices are available. The JEOL JEM-ARM300F2 "GrandARM2"is one of the most versatile and highest-resolution STEMs. The first instrument of this type outside Japan was …