Instrument Details
The Thermo Fisher Apreo 2 Variable Pressure Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) is a thermionic field emission high-resolution scanning electron microscope. The Apreo 2 FE-SEM is an advanced scanning electron microscope designed to make high-performance imaging and analytics accessible to all users, regardless of their microscopy expertise.
The Apreo 2 minimizes user intervention and lab management demands with its SmartAlign Technology, an auto-aligning optics system. Additionally, Thermo Scientific FLASH Technology automates image fine-tuning, correcting lens centering, stigmators, and final focus. These innovations ensure that even novice users can achieve high-end performance.
Notably, the Apreo 2 boasts a unique capability: a 1-nanometer resolution at a 10 mm analytical working distance, overcoming the typical trade-off between working distance and image quality. This combination of advanced features and user-friendly design allows anyone to obtain exceptional results with confidence.
Capabilities
- Accelerating Voltages from 0.1–30 kV
- 1 nm resolution at 10 mm analytical working distance
- Variable pressure SEM analysis
- Everhar-Thornley secondary electron detector
- Retractable segmented backscattered electron detector
- Through-the-lens trinity (T1, T2, T3) detectors
- Oxford UltiMax Large area (170 mm2) X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS)
- Oxford Symmetry S3 Electron Backscattered Diffraction detector (EBSD)
- Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction (TKD) specimen holder
- Oxford software package for comprehensive EDS and EBSD data acquisition
- ThermoFisher heating stage enabling heating experiment from 20 to 1,200 degrees Celsius), EDS at high temperatures (up to 900 Celsius), and EBSD up to 600 Celsius
- Quorum PP3010 Cryo-SEM system enabling low temperature SEM analysis
Vendor
FEI / ThermoFisher Scientific