Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Science and Technology - EMPA

FIB Status
FIB Technology available Offers STSMs
Research Interests
Engineering and Technology in Research, Material Science, Physics & Astronomy
A summary of our fit4nano work

Contact Information
Switzerland
Address
Feuerwerkerstrasse 39, 3602 Thun, Switzerland

Action Members
Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures (206)
Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures (206)
agnieszka.priebe@empa.ch
Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures (206)
Krzysztof Wieczerzak
Facilities Directory
What FIB technology is Available
Ga/Dual Beam
Other FIB technology

3 Tescan FIBSEMs with gas injection system (Ga-ions),
FIBSEM integrated ToFSIMS detector for FIBSIMS 3D (trace) element mapping,
FEBiMS (focused electron beam induced mass spectrometry).

Complementary Techniques
AFM/cAFM/MFM, EBSD, FIB-SIMS, gas-injection, in-situ heating, mechanical testing, Raman, SEM, TEM/STEM, transport measurements, VIS spectroscopy, WDX/EDX, XRD or other X-ray techniques
Other Complementary Techniques

FIBSEM integrated indentation and tensile strain platforms with EBSD,
TKD grain orientation mapping,
EDX mapping,
Focused electron-induced deposition,
TEM (STEM, Diffraction, EDX).

Sample Preparation/fabrication
3d printing, ALD, electron beam lithography, photolithography, PVD metals, TEM lamella preparation
Other Sample Preparation/Fabriaction

PVD metals of thin films,
TEM lamella preparation by FIB,
pillar FIBing