Full-field X-ray Microscopes (LTXM and TXM)
- Tomography for biological samples
Soft X-rays with energies in the so-called water window are beginning to fill the gap in resolution between electron and visible light microscopy. In full-field transmission X-ray microscopes (TXMs), the sample is imaged onto a CCD detector. TXMs are particularly well suited for tomography. With laboratory source transmission X-ray microscopes (LTXM), there is no need to travel to a synchrotron source anymore.
Applications
- Structural biology
- Colloids and self structuring
- Semiconductor research
- Spectromicroscopy (at synchrotron sources)
Features
- Resolution: 15nm..50nm
- Sample thickness up to 10µm
- Tomographic data sets
- Cryo sample stage
- Wide energy range (200eV to multi-keV)
- Highly efficient optics for condenser and objective
- X-ray source: Standalone plasma sources or synchrotron beamline
Options
- Specialized sample mounts (heating, electric contacting, environmental chambers, etc.)
- Zernike phase contrast
- In-situ fluorescence microscope for correlative microscopy
