Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology LUT intends to make a purchase of Field-emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) with lower SE, upper SE/BSE and STEM detector. High resolution sputter coater.

The purchase of a high-vacuum FESEM is a substantial reinforcement and upgrading of LUT’s scientific imagining facilities. This is a timely decision considering the increasing need for higher resolution images from many research units in LUT. The current SEM in LUT’s analysis center at the Chemical Technology Unit is a variable pressure VP-SEM (up to 650 Pa) delivering low resolution imaging (compared to the targeted FESEM) and it is not equipped with a stem detector. The proposed high vacuum FESEM is characterized by its ultra-high resolution imaging at low accelerating voltages. It will be purchased along with a high resolution sputter coater and a STEM detector, to ensure: