TFS Arctis
Manufacturer:
TFS (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Model name:
Cryo-PFIBSEM Arctis
Location:
HPM A 16.2
Phone:
3 31 61
Price category:
FIBSEM
external page Direct booking link to PPMS
Additional contact:
Instrument contact:
ScopeM
Otto-Stern-Weg 3
8093
Zürich
Switzerland
Instrument contact:
ScopeM
Otto-Stern-Weg 3
8093
Zürich
Switzerland
Brief description
The Cryo-Plasma-FIBSEM Arctis is a DualBeam platform primarily designed for automated cryo-ET sample preparation. The system enables direct link between Cryo-FIBSEM and Cryo-TEM instruments, featuring a dedicated Compustage, redesigned vacuum chamber with low contamination rate, robotic sample loading system (Autoloader), Plasma-FIB ion source and integrated wide-field fluorescence light microscope for correlative imaging at various wavelengths.
Key features
- PFIB fitted gasses: Xenon (Xe), Argon (Ar), Oxygen (O)
- NiCol Electron column
- Autogrids-compatible Compustage Autoloader (robotic sample loading of up to 12 autogrids)
- Wide field fluorescence light microscope (iFLM Correlative System, 450 nm, 550 nm, 635 nm and 365 nm) at triple beam coincidence point (Ions, Electrons, Photons)
- Integrated coating functionality (Pt sputter-coater and GIS)
- Autonomous nitrogen refilling
Technical details
Techniques/Software:
- Lamellae preparation from plunge and/or HPF vitrified samples
- with possibility of fluorescence signal correlation
- User interface and WebUI software with focus on automated remote
- lamellae preparation
Booking rules
- Hard booking rules are enforced by PPMS (novice vs. autonomous, 2 weeks in advance)
- Generally, a maximum flexibility approach applies: users can book as is appropriate for them, users can ask other users if they could get their session, common sense applies!
- The booking rules are open for wishes /requests from the user group