TEM Tomography Brochure | Hummingbird Scientific

Perform TEM tomography, conventional TEM/STEM imaging, and correlative atom probe tomography using interchangeable removable tips for diverse specimen geometries and experimental workflows.

Technical Specs

1000 Series

Removable Tips for Various Sample Substrates

3mm full and half grids, 1mm grids, single point, Hummingbird Scientific chips

Tilt Range

±90° (depending on stage limits)

Image Resolution

Up to TEM resolution

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Key Features and Capabilities

Interchangeable Sample Tips for Diverse Specimen Geometries

Configure the holder for virtually any tomography specimen using removable, application-specific sample tips

Precision Fixtures for Sample Loading

Simplify specimen mounting with dedicated fixtures that securely position removable sample tips during sample loading

Correlative focused ion beam (FIB) and atom probe tomography (APT) workflow

Directly mount compatible half-grid and single-point needle tips in FIB and CAMECA™ APT systems for efficient correlative characterization

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Built for Diverse Applications

Magnetic polarization of nanocrystals within bacterial cells

Bio/Soft Materials

Visualize biological and soft matter systems dynamics, including growth, interactions, and degradation.

Biomineralization

Self-Assembly Processes

Metal-Organic Framework Dynamics

Soft Matter Dynamics

Biomolecular Interactions

Quantum Materials

Investigate phase transitions, defect dynamics, and electronic properties in quantum materials.

Phase Transitions

Electronic Properties

Defect Dynamics

Quantum Heterostructures

Domain Evolution

Illustration of battery material particles and spectroscopy

Battery Materials

Directly visualize battery cycling, ion transport, dendrite formation, interface evolution, and structural changes.

Charge-Discharge Cycling

Featured Research

Correlative TEM–APT mapping of defect-specific Au segregation in Pt–Au alloys

(a)TEM-based bright-field image of specimen tip. (b) PED-based LOS map. (c) APT-based reconstruction of the 6 at % segregated Au isosurface superimposed on (a). (d) Spatial distribution of Pt(green) and Au (gold) atoms in the specimen tip superimposed on (c). (e) Au at% profiles across defects shown in (f). (f) Each observed defect type, corresponding defect symbols, DMD simulation result, and location on Pt-Au phase diagram.

Reference: X. Zhou, et al. Science Advances (2021). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abf0563

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Selected Publications

Sheridon N. Kelly, Dominic R. Russo, Trevor Arino, Patrick W. Smith, Mark D. Straub, John Arnold, Stefan G. Minasian. “Precursor Identity and Surfactant Concentration Influence Shape of UO2 Nanoparticles”. Inorganic Chemistry (2025)

DOI:

10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00189

Xiner Lu, Sooyeon Hwang, Kai He. “In Situ TEM for Structural and Chemical Evolutions of Bimetallic Pt-Ni Nanoparticles at Elevated Temperatures: Implications for Heterogeneous Catalysis”. ACS Applied Nano Materials (2024)

DOI:

10.1021/acsanm.4c02753

Jonathan Schwartz, Zichao Wendy Di, Yi Jiang, Jason Manassa, Jacob Pietryga, Yiwen Qian, Min Gee Cho, Jonathan L. Rowell, Huihuo Zheng, Richard D. Robinson, Junsi Gu, Alexey Kirilin, Steve Rozeveld, Peter Ercius, Jeffrey A. Fessler, Ting Xu, Mary Scott, Robert Hovden. “Imaging 3D chemistry at 1 nm resolution with fused multi-modal electron tomography”. Nature Communications (2024)

DOI:

10.1038/s41467-024-47558-0

Appie Peterson, Sheridon N. Kelly, Trevor Arino, S. Olivia Gunther, Erik T. Ouellette, Jennifer N. Wacker, Joshua J. Woods, Simon J. Teat, Wayne W. Lukens, John Arnold, Rebecca J. Abergel, Stefan G. Minasian. “Formation of Fully Stoichiometric, Oxidation-State Pure Neptunium and Plutonium Dioxides from Molecular Precursors”. Inorganic Chemistry (2024)

DOI:

10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02099

Emma Vargo, Le Ma, He Li, Qingteng Zhang, Junpyo Kwon, Katherine M. Evans, Xiaochen Tang, Victoria L. Tovmasyan, Jasmine Jan, Ana C. Arias, Hugo Destaillats, Ivan Kuzmenko, Jan Ilavsky, Wei-Ren Chen, William Heller, Robert O. Ritchie, Yi Liu, Ting Xu. “Functional composites by programming entropy-driven nanosheet growth”. Nature (2023)

DOI:

10.1038/s41586-023-06660-x