Sample analysis request form
(Please circle for the spot applicable)
Sample type:
Thin Film (Please fill out section 2, 6 & 7 below).
Powder (Please fill out section 3, 6 & 7 below).
Bulk (Please fill out section 4, 6 & 7 below).
Other (Please fill out section 5, 6 & 7 below)
Section 1: Will your sample react with Acetone or Water? (Yes No).
Any caution should be involved in sample reparation:
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Section 2: Thin film sample analysis
a. Analysis is required in (Cross-sectional view only, Plane-view only, both)
b. Substrate material: ___________
c. Film material: __________
d. Degree of adhesion (Good Bad)*
e. Do you need compositional analysis? (Yes No)
f. Maximum temperature allowable during TEM sample preparation: ______˚C
g. Schematic view of film structure with rough dimension:
h. What do you expect to see and what information do you want to get from
TEM analysis (microstructures, interfacial structure, grain size, defects
(dislocations, strain), composition, impurity distribution, etc)?
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To dissolve glue used to attach sample to grinder, we need to use Acetone and Water.
*As long as the film stays on the substrate when you apply and detach Scotch tape on the film surface, it has good adhesion. If the
adhesion of your film is bad, we need special grid and size of your sample. Please talk with Doug Jeffers (244-0620,
jeffers@uiuc.edu), Tim Spila (244-0298, spila@mrl.uiuc.edu), or Jianguo Wen (333-1413, jgwen@uiuc.edu) for details.
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Section 3: Powder sample Analysis
a. What is the typical size of your particles? _____________ (nm)
b. Chemical composition of powder
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c. What do you expect to see and what information do you want to get from
TEM analysis? (microstructures, grain size, defects (dislocations, strain),
composition, impurity distribution, etc)?
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Section 4: Bulk sample Analysis
a. Chemical composition of bulk
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b. What do you expect to see and what information do you want to get from Tem
analysis? ((microstructures, grain size, defects (dislocations, strain),
composition, impurity distribution, etc)?
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Section 5: Other forms of materials
If you need special experimental setup or in–situ experiment, please see
Jianguo Wen (jgwen@uiuc.edu, 333-1413), Changhui Lei Ray Twesten
(clei@uiuc.edu, 244-6177), or Mike Marshall (mtmarsha@uiuc.edu, 265-5380).
Please give us brief situation off your sample and your convenient time to discuss
about.
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Section 6: Safety
Do you need to provide us MSDS (Materials safety Data Sheet)? (Yes No)
If MSDS of your sample is not in the MSDS folder (located in the first wooden cabinet in
the hall way close to the passenger elevator. If you can not find one, please ask any staff
member in the CMM.
Section 7: Contact information
a. Name: ____________________________________
b. MRL user number1 : _________________________
c. Office address: __________________________________________________
d. Phone: ____________________________________
e. e-mail address : _________________________________________________
Category:
1
If you do not have user number, please bring your account number and account title
with you so that a staff can generate user number for you.
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