How to Approach SEM and EDS Analysis
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HOW TO APPROACHSCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ANDENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY
ANALYSIS
SCSAM Short CourseAmir Avishai
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Image showing detail of axons and myelin sheaths, Mitochondria.
Cast IronEDS+SE
First Order Lamellar Interface
Sea Shell
50nm Cu Vias
FeCrC
Objective Ability to ask the right questions!
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CHARACTERIZATION IS PART OF THE EXPERIMENT!SE 30kV BSE 30kV
SE 6kV BSE 6kV
Amir Avishai
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“POKE AND LISTEN”
Source/Beam/Probe Interaction/Signal Detector Data Interpretation / Contrast mechanisms
Dr. Wayne Jennings
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LIGHT VS SEM / TEM
Visible light 400-700nm
Electron beam 54pm (500 eV)Electron beam 2pm (300 KeV) 78% of speed of light
wavelength
Based on Abbe’s theory you cannotresolve structure below about ½ the wavelength of the probe.
ResolutionNotes: 1nm=1000pm, typical atomic spacing 0.1nm
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OUTLINE
- Beam optics and image formation.- Signals Generated in an SEM and their detection.- Beam energy & current.- EDS - compositional analysis.- What else can we do with an SEM?- How do we approach a new sample?
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BASIC OPERATION MODE OF SEM
Schematic diagram illustrating the essential components of an SEM. Note that an array of useful signals can be collected and analyzed by use of different detectors.
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IMAGE FORMATION IN SEM
Ratio of the area viewed to the area being scanned is magnification
Very small beam convergence angle
Large depth of field
One pixel at a time!
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CORALS – VERY LARGE DEPTH OF FIELD
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light microscope /2 rad (1.57 rad) Electron microscope 10-3 rad
Effective Focus
Amir Avishai
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OUTLINE
- Beam optics and image formation.- Signals Generated in an SEM and their detection.- Beam energy & current.- EDS - compositional analysis.- What else can we do with an SEM?- How do we approach a new sample?
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WHAT TYPE SIGNALS ARE CREATED IN A SEM?
Backscattered electron diffractionCrystal structure - phase
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Everhart Thornley (ETD) Detector (SE, BSE)
InLens(TLD) Detector – SE, BSE Detection
ICE Detector (SE, BSE, ions)
Retractable STEM Detector (BF, DF, HAADF)
Retractable Solid state BSE Detector
GSED SE Detection
EDS Photon Detection and Energy Analysis
EBSD Backscattered Electron Diffraction
Beam Deceleration
DETECTORS AVAILABLE
EDSDetector
TLDDetector
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CHARACTERISTICS OF SECONDARY AND BSE ELECTRONSEnergy distribution of all electrons emitted from specimen under keVelectron bombardment:
SEs are VERY low energy electrons! Millipede - FEIBy definition, these secondary electrons are <50 eV, with most 3-5 eV.
SE (eV)
E/E0
BSE (keV)
N(E
/E0)
III
SE: TopographicBSE: Compositional
SE (eV)
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ELECTRON BEAM PENETRATION
- Beam penetration decreases with Z - Beam penetration increases with energy- Electron range ~ inelastic processes- Electron scattering (aspect) ~ elastic processes
Few nm
m
SE
BSE
Electron Excited X-Rays
1mMONTE CARLO
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SURFACE IMAGING – TOPOGRAPHY, CRYSTAL SYMMETRY
SE properties
Tilt AngleBeam Energy
Tilt and kV
Zero Tilt
High Tilt
Amir Avishai
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BACKSCATTER ELECTRON PRODUCTION
1616
30keV
BSE Yield
Z- Atomic number
SE Yield
Si [at%] Mo [at%] O [at%] Other1 25 46.5 28.52 54 31 153 28.5 0.5 66 5 (Al,Mg Ca)
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Mo, Si, O
Amir Avishai
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Electron Back‐Scattered Diffraction Patterns (EBSD) Orientation Imaging Mapping (OIM)
500 μmOxford Instruments
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Deweting of Ni Film over Sapphire
DETECTOR POSITION & CONTRAST
SE Image Where is the
detector?
ETD Grid
Scintillator
Amir Avishai
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OUTLINE
- Beam optics and image formation.- Signals Generated in an SEM and their detection.- Beam energy & current.- EDS - compositional analysis.- What else can we do with an SEM?- How do we approach a new sample?
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BSE VS SE AND VOLTAGESE 30kV BSE 30kV
SE 6kV BSE 6kV
Effects seen here are a result of variation in two parameters only!
Amir Avishai
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BEAM ENERGY AND PENETRATION
5 kV 25 kV
x50
x200
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BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGING
Brain Tissue
Critical point dried Rods in a WildMouse Eye
To obtain BSE contrast samples are stained with heavy metals – Osmium, Uranium, lead and Fe.
Moth Sensors
Grahame KiddCCF
Debarshi MustafiCWRU, SOM
Mark Willis, CWRU, Biology
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OUTLINE
- Beam optics and image formation.- Signals Generated in an SEM and their detection.- Beam energy & current.- EDS - compositional analysis.- What else can we do with an SEM?- How do we approach a new sample?
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COMPOSITIONAL INFORMATION – ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY (EDS)
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X-ray Lines - K, L, M
Nomenclature for Principal X‐Ray Emission Lines
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3g/cm3Cu in Al
8g/cm3Al in Cu20kV
. ( . - . )Rx – [m] E0 - [KeV]EC - [KeV] – g/cm3
depth-distribution function, φ(ρz),
X-RAY GENERATION VOLUME Atomic number correction (Z)
Absorption correction (A)
Characteristic fluorescence correction (F)
AF
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REQUIRED CONDITIONS FOR EDS ANALYSIS- Polished sample (flat).
- Measure on a uniform region.
- No etching, use BSE to identify phases.
- Use a beam energy 2-3 times the highest peak analyzed.
- For charging samples avoid metallic coatings if possible, use carbon.
- Repeat measurement in a few locations.
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IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS & OVERLAPPING PEAKS- Never trust auto ID, confirm every peak.
- In case of severe overlaps use higher energies to confirm elements.
- Use longer processing time to better resolve peaks or long collection times (better statistics).
Oxford Instruments
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WORKING WITH EDS MAPPINGNaima HilliCWRU, DMSE
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Failure Analysis - Device
C NO
Al
Si
P
Al
P
Si
O
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Sum/pileup Peaks Si X-Ray Escape peaks Errors due to charging (Duane-Hunt limit). Background removal in elemental maps. Working distance Magnification.
COMMON ARTIFACTS & ERRORS DURING ANALYSIS
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OUTLINE
- Beam optics and image formation.- Signals Generated in an SEM and their detection.- Beam energy & current.- EDS - compositional analysis.- What else can we do with an SEM ?- How do we approach a new sample?
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VPSEM CAPABILITIESConventional High Vacuum
Coated/conductive specimens
Critical point dried specimens
Low Vacuum or Wet Mode Charge reduction for non‐conductors
Surface imaging in a gas (hydration/dehydration, oxidation studies)
Vacuum sensitive materials (biological samples)
Wet or “dirty” specimens (ESEM)
I. Working Distance
II. Gas Pressure
III. Accelerating Voltage
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HIGH TEMPERATURE HYDRATION- LILY POLLEN
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FRESH LACCARIA (TREE FUNGUS) IN AN ESEM
Images compliments of FEI
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STEM IN SEM: MULTIPLE SIGNALS COLLECTED SIMULTANEOUSLY
CdS
BF DF HAADF
Glass
F‐SnO2
Pt
Pd
The user has not direct control over the “camera length”
Mark DeGuire CWRU
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OUTLINE
- Beam optics and image formation.- Signals Generated in an SEM and their detection.- Beam energy & current.- EDS - compositional analysis.- What else can we do with an SEM?- How do we approach a new sample?
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WHAT IS OUR PARAMETER SPACE? Beam Energy
Beam Current
Working Distance (WD)
Sample/Stage Tilt and rotation
Type of signals
Type of Detector
Detector setup
No immersion, Immersion mode
Scan strategies (slow scan, integrate, average, line average/interlace).
Stage Bias
Scan Rotation
Sample mounting
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
Image showing detail of axons and myelin sheaths, Mitochondria.
Cast IronEDS+SE
First Order Lamellar Interface50nm Cu Vias
FeCrC
Pt Nano ParticlesSea Shell
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QUESTIONS
Amir Avishai