{"id":433,"date":"2026-08-10T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/dikin\/?page_id=433"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:23:27","slug":"scios-2-dualbeam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/nic\/instruments\/scios-2-dualbeam\/","title":{"rendered":"Scios 2 DualBeam"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Thermo Fisher Scios 2 LoVac<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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SEM – FIB (DualBeam)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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It integrates high-resolution SEM, Ga FIB, and low-vacuum imaging with Oxford EDS, cryo-stage, and CleanConnect cryogenic transfer, enabling imaging, analysis, site-specific milling, TEM sample preparation, and cryogenic workflows for conductive, non-conductive, frozen-hydrated, and air-sensitive specimens.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Best suited to work needing both large-area characterization and elemental mapping: batteries, catalysts, composites, microelectronics, and geomaterials.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Column<\/td>NICol ultra-high-resolution non-immersion field-emission column<\/td><\/tr>\n
Source<\/td>Schottky field emitter<\/td><\/tr>\n
Objective lens<\/td>Dual objective \u2014 combined electromagnetic and electrostatic, field-free<\/td><\/tr>\n
Accelerating voltage<\/td>200 V \u2013 30 kV (landing energy 20 eV \u2013 30 keV with beam deceleration)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Beam current<\/td>1 pA \u2013 400 nA<\/td><\/tr>\n
Resolution<\/td>0.7 nm at 30 keV (STEM) \u00b7 1.0 nm at 30 keV (ETD) \u00b7 1.4 nm at 1 keV (T1) \u00b7 1.2 nm at 1 keV with beam deceleration<\/td><\/tr>\n
Detectors<\/td>Trinity system \u2014 T1\/T2 in-lens, T3 in-column \u00b7 ETD (SE) \u00b7 ICE (SI\/SE) \u00b7 DBS retractable directional backscatter \u00b7 STEM 3+ (BF\/DF\/HAADF) \u00b7 GAD low-vacuum<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Column<\/td>Sidewinder focused ion beam column<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ion source<\/td>Liquid gallium ion emitter (Ga LMIS)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Accelerating voltage<\/td>500 V \u2013 30 kV<\/td><\/tr>\n
Beam current<\/td>1.5 pA \u2013 65 nA<\/td><\/tr>\n
Resolution<\/td>3.0 nm at 30 kV<\/td><\/tr>\n
Aperture strip<\/td>15-position<\/td><\/tr>\n
Drift suppression<\/td>Standard, for non-conductive samples<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Stage<\/td>5-axis eucentric \u00b7 X-Y 110 mm \u00b7 Z 65 mm \u00b7 360\u00b0 rotation \u00b7 tilt \u221215\u00b0 to +90\u00b0 \u00b7 XY repeatability 3 \u00b5m<\/td><\/tr>\n
Vacuum<\/td>Oil-free with integrated plasma cleaner<\/td><\/tr>\n
Low-vacuum mode<\/td>LoVac up to 50 Pa chamber pressure with H\u2082O vapour<\/td><\/tr>\n
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Transfer<\/td>\nCleanConnect\/QuickLoader cryo; EasyLift cryo lamella transfer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Automated prep<\/td>\nAutoTEM 5 for STEM\/TEM specimens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deposition<\/td>\nGIS \u2014 W, Pt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3D workflows<\/td>\nAuto Slice & View 5 + Analytical Package; EDS\/EBSD mapping for multimodal 3D datasets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Software<\/td>\nAutoScript DB (Academic), Python \u00b7 MAPS 3 correlative \u00b7 Avizo for EM Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Complete the Helios training session with staff before independent use.<\/p>

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