DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINATION OF SAMPLE IN NON-VACUUM ENVIRONMENT USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chamber suitable for use with a scanning electron microscope useful for allowing wet samples to be viewed under an electron microscope. SOLUTION: The chamber (34) is suitable for use with the scanning electron microscope. The chamber contains at least one aperture sealed with a membrane (36). The membrane (36) is adapted to withstand a vacuum, and is permeable to electrons, and the interior of the chamber (34) is isolated from the vacuum. The chamber is useful for allowing wet samples (32) including living cells to be viewed under the electron microscope. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT