Application of Nanocomposite Track Membranes for Electron Microscopy Samples Preparation

Abstract:

In this paper the advantages of application of the nanocomposite track membranes (NCTM) with TiN coating as the substrates for sample preparation for their investigation by methods of electron microscopy are discussed. This membrane material was obtained by the ion-plasma sputtering of TiN coating on the polymer track-etched membrane. The physicochemical properties of NCTM were researched. Preparation technique allows to separate nanoand microdimensional samples from dry, liquid and gas mixtures for their investigation by methods of scanning and transmission electron microscopy.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1082)
• Pages: 51-56
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1082.51
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: N.A. Khlebnikov*, E.V. Polyakov, S.V. Borisov, O.P. Shepatkovskii, V.N. Krasil’nikov
• Keywords: Composite Material, Ion-Plasma Sputtering, Sample Preparation, Scanning Electron Microscopy, TiN Coating, Track-Etched Membranes, Transmission Electron Microscopy

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