SEM-EDX

Helios 5 PFIB microscope at WUT

Equipped with multiple detectors including ETD, TLD, ABS, CBS, ICE, ICD… with EDX and ToF SIMS, and even STEM, with an ion beam which can be operated in both the manual and AutoTEM mode, it is one of the most powerful tools on the market today!

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Prisma E microscope at WUT

Working on imaging Ag/Zr1-xCexO2 catalysts on a Thermo-Fisher PrismaE scope.

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microscope at uoft

The Quanta FEG 250 takes great images when in the hands of an expert microscopist (Ilya Gourevich from the Centre of Nanostructure Imaging, University of Toronto; left).

https://cni.chem.utoronto.ca/

For example: pyrolysis char (below).

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Study of Pt particle size distribution and accelerated aging tests of Pt/Al2O3 catalysts:

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Investigation of ZrO2 phase transformations, ash accumulation (formation of crystals), zeolites, etc.:

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Investigating everything between single crystals and glass:

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Investigating the surface of zirconium silicate spheres:

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Crystallization of MgBr2 on the surface of MgO: