Leica Coater ACE 200
Sputter, Glow Discharge and Carbon Thread Coating system for SEM/TEM
Easy operating desk-top coater, designed to produce homogeneous coatings of conductive metal or carbon as required for electron microscopy.
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The fully automated instrument can be configured either as a Gold sputter coater, a glow discharger or a carbon thread evaporation coater. The ACE200 can also combine both methods with interchangeable heads.
Carbon layers, up to 40 nm thick, are defined and accurately deposited using a software-controlled, pulsed evaporation procedure in combination with continuous thickness monitoring (quartz measurement). Accordingly, carbon layers are highly reproducible and smooth.
Application accessories
- Separate Gold sputter target head
- Separate Carbon thread evaporation head
- Quartz crystal measurement for reproducible layers
- Plain or planetary rotary stage for evenly distribution of the coating on the sample.
- Glow discharge unit, to make TEM grids hydrophilic
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