Project Details
Project Description
The proposed cryo-Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (Cryo-FIBSEM) will reveal isometric
3D information on the structure and composition of specimens at the nanometer scale. The cryo-FIBSEM will
be the first instrument of this type in Australia able to operate in a low temperature cryogenic mode. This will
enable the imaging of vitrified biological materials in a near native state and of non-biological material to allow imaging of for example fluids, emulsions, gels and interfaces between biological and non-biological materials. Synergistic workflows incorporating unique high-end microscopes at Monash will enable studying complex biological structures in their native context and atomic scale imaging of beam sensitive materials.
3D information on the structure and composition of specimens at the nanometer scale. The cryo-FIBSEM will
be the first instrument of this type in Australia able to operate in a low temperature cryogenic mode. This will
enable the imaging of vitrified biological materials in a near native state and of non-biological material to allow imaging of for example fluids, emulsions, gels and interfaces between biological and non-biological materials. Synergistic workflows incorporating unique high-end microscopes at Monash will enable studying complex biological structures in their native context and atomic scale imaging of beam sensitive materials.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/01/15 → 31/12/17 |
Funding
- Australian Research Council (ARC): AUD860,000.00
- RMIT University
- University of New South Wales
- Monash University
- Monash University
- Monash University
- Monash University
- Monash University