Recently, I was searching for Xmas gifts ideas and came up with a crystallography toy called [Atomix] which use thousands of steel balls to simulate atomic motions. The original toy was created by the French Canadian designer Francois Dallegret back in 1966. After watching the very well explained introduction video covered by Steve Mould [Self... Continue Reading →
After a few months' practice 3D modelling in SOLIDWORKS and successfully delivered a number of 3D printed birthday gifts, I guess I'm ready to take off and start something more sophisticated. I have always considered myself as a TEMist and been trying to help beginners to understand this fascinating technology. However, TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope)... Continue Reading →
Electron microscopes are very powerful tools for materials science and life science research. Scanning Electron Microscope or SEM is one of the variants that is useful for zooming in to study tiny features on the surface of a specimen. Unlike most of the conventional light microscopes, SEM images are generally monochrome without any colours. However,... Continue Reading →
Finally, here is my one tiny contribution to the Electron Microscopy community - a set of ImageJ/FIJI plugins for electron microscope image analysis. These plugins are now available for download directly from FIJI updater by selecting the EMtool update site. I have prepared a detailed walkthrough on how to install and how to use on... Continue Reading →
Tuning a TEM aberration corrector under the wrong setup, yield a surprisingly funny phase plate. Perfect fit for the painting : )
Now I have a legion of electron microscopes! The models are designed in LDD and rendered with Bluerender. The LDD files will be made free for download shortly. You can have your own Nanoport!
The LEGO FEI TEM Talos F200X Ultimate Edition , featuring highly detailed TEM vacuum system, remote control desk, LED lit front panel, GATAN GIF camera, plus enclosure with opening doors and high tension tank. Of course, the prototype model will be numbered in the good old FEI-style: D0001 ! The design is finalized and the enclosure... Continue Reading →
Firstly, I have to thank Piet for letting me publish his creation "Lego FEI TEM Titan Cube" on my blog. It's a great pleasure to present this masterpiece. Piet is an engineer working in FEI Eindhoven (now as a part of Thermofisher Scientific) and a huge fan of Lego. Way before I started making FEI products... Continue Reading →
Inspired by the Lego sets for Materials Science and Engineering created by Chris Olson, I present this Lego set based on FEI Talos F200 TEM. TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope) is a powerful tool for materials researchers to characterize the atomic structure and chemical composition of different materials. Talos TEM from Thermofisher Scientific (formerly FEI Company) is... Continue Reading →
FEI TIA software store one TEM image in a pair of files with extension .ser and .emi. The .ser file stores the image pixel information. The data structure of .ser is well documented and there are a number of scripts can be used to read the image info. However, .emi file is generally not readable... Continue Reading →
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